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Catalogue and Retail Price List of 
Select Blackberries 
„,„ * bout 2» same general directions will apply as for the raspberry. Our 
plants are of regular nursery propagation; root cutting plants are worth ten- 
n^hpTfhil 0 ,,'^ '"t-grower than sucker plants dugfrom old, exhausted 
thU £Li ^"V" 6 !" 8 ^ 116 cause of most ot tne failures in attempts to pro- 
n IV uable fruit; be sure that you will get genuine nursery propagated 
p.ants and you will succeed. The blackberry is naturally a stronger bush than 
ho raspberry and should be planted in rows eight feet apart and three feet 
in tne row. Otherwise their culture is the same as raspberries 
Snyder 
SNYDER— This is the old stand-by which succeeds anywhere a blackberry 
can be grown. If properly pruned and cared for is good enough for anybody 
Price. 5c each; 50c per dozen; $2.50 per 100; $10.00 per 1 000 anyoouy. 
University was called to it. who at once pronounced it to be a new and dis- 
tinct variety and named Mersereau in honor of the man who first recog- 
nized it. Its hardiness was demonstrated during the extreme winter of 1898-99 
when not a bud was injured, and it bore twice as much as the Snyder and of 
a much higher quality. It is certain the demand for plants will be very great 
for a long time to come. Price, 10c each;75c per dozen; $4.00 per 100.' 
Select Strawberries 
No one owning a home, or for that matter having one rented for a term of 
years, can put a little money to better use than to buy three or four hundred 
plants of the standard varieties of strawberry. Give them the proper care and 
a good sized family will hardly use all the fruit thev will produce the next 
season after planting. Nothing will bring quicker and greater satisfaction to 
the p.anter, more keen delight to his children, or lessen the burdens of his 
good wife in providing for the table than a well kept strawberry bed. The 
best time to plant strawberries is in early spring and on fertile new soil, or 
old land brought to a high state of cu.tivation. If horses are to be used in 
tUli^l A' P i ant k°T s « tnr u ee and 0 "e-half to four feet apart, and one to 
three feet In the row, but for hand culture, one by two feet will answer Here 
ie the plan we have found the most profitable and always gives large fine 
