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BRIDGMAN NURSERY COMPANY, BRIDGMAN, MICHIGAN 
RED RASPBERRIES — Continued. 
CUTHBERT. Late market variety, strong grow- 
er, immensely productive, fruit firm, large size, 
of finest quality; season medium to late; hardy, 
yielding immense crops wherever planted; a gen- 
eral favorite for an all-around berry plant. Plant 
it for home use or market. 
MILLER RED. An early berry, does not winter- 
kill. We think it is the best shipping berry grown; 
makes a nice growth of canes; for best medium 
season berry, set Miller Red; keeps its bright color 
a number of days after being picked; a good, hardy 
all-around berry. 
Purple Cap Raspberries 
COLUMBIAN and HAYMAKER. Are neither red 
nor black, but seem to be half of each. The ber- 
ries are covered with bloom and present a very 
enticing appearance when picked. Of very pleas- 
ing flavor, good size, and prolific bearer; fairly 
hardy, succeed on all soils; have met with great 
favor here. The purple caps produce an enormous 
quantity of fruit, and since they are becoming 
better known, are selling well in the large markets. 
Everbearing Raspberries' 
ST. REGIS EVERBEARING RED RASPBERRY. 
The most valuable of all the late introductions in 
the line of red raspberries, and do well upon light 
or heavy clay, sand, loam or gravel. If you will 
give them clean cultivation and keep down the 
extra plants you will be well paid for your work. 
A patch of St. Regis presents a beautiful view 
when in full leaf, are almost as attractive as a 
hedge of ornamentals; the habit of growth is of a 
bushy nature, and with their large dark green 
leaves, which completely cover the bush, they look 
as proud as a peacock, and the leaves remain on 
them until cold weather comes. The plants are 
marvelously healthy and productive; will produce 
St. Regis. 
berries the first year in the fall, and a full crop 
the following spring and again in the fall. We 
have met many commercial growers who say St. 
Regis is absolutely the first berry in spring and 
have no competitor in the fall. Try St. Reg^is and 
see what they will do with you. Will grow as well 
North as South. We have a fine stock of plants 
which we are offering at very low prices. 
St. Regis berries sold for us in the open market, 
Chicago, last September for $7.00 per 24-pint case. 
Blackberries 
Should be planted in light, dry soil, about 4 feet 
apart and with rows 7 feet, requiring about 1,800 
plants per acre. The blackberry root likes to get 
down in the ground away from the surface, where 
it gathers those elements that are necessary for a 
crop of berries. If the soil is wet, its roots can 
only be on top, and a little dry spell cuts the crop. 
Can be grown without much trouble, are very easy 
to start. Simply make a hole with a spade and set 
the plant; put it in the ground fully as deep or a 
trifle more than it had been; it is not advisable 
to let them grow too high. When about 2% or 3 
feet high, pinch out the centers. This will give 
you the growth on a stronger stalk and help the 
plant about keeping up. Your laterals will also 
be nearer. 
For nice, fancy fruit it is quite necessary that 
you do not leave too much wood. A good picker 
can pick from 100 to 150 quarts per day, and the 
crop is a good paying one. The blackberry has 
many uses, is one of the rare gifts of nature. 
Blackberry Wine, Cordial, Blackberry Pie, are just 
a few of its uses. A nice large patch will bring 
you many friends. 
WILSON'S EARLY. The largest and most pro- 
ductive of the blackberry family, produces fruit 
in large clusters, holds its color better than any 
berry that is put upon the market, and brings the 
highest price at any and all times. It is a berry 
that can be shipped thousands of miles, and reach 
its destination in good shape. It is a berry that 
is always firm and can hang on the bushes for 
eight or ten days after ripening. In localities 
where it is known and its culture understood it 
is preferred above all others. The Wilson Black- 
berry plant is somewhat tender and needs to be 
protected from severe cold weather. 
BLOWER BLACKBERRY. A very large black- 
berry of delicious flavor, jet black in color and a 
thrifty, upright growei:. This variety is very 
hardy, very productive, and we recommend it for 
the home garden. It is not quite so firm as some, 
still firm enough for shipment to near markets. 
A great many Blower Blackberry plants that are 
offered for sale are mixed. 
EARLY HARVEST. If you want a blackberry 
that is sweet, ripens early, and produces great 
crops, has the exact flavor and looks of the wild 
berry, which it resembles in growth and size, grow 
this one. Not very hardy. 
ELDORADO stands at the head of the list. They 
never freeze back in Michigan, and we hardly 
know how cold it will have to be to kill them. 
They do well in the cold Northwest, where the cold 
is intense. They have replaced the Snyder, being 
twice as large and wonderfully productive. Are 
of fine quality, firm and good shippers, and for 
cold regions have no superior, doing equally as 
well in the warmer sections. It needs no winter 
protection. We have a strain of Eldorado that 
will please you in every way. The real genuine 
Eldorado can be depended upon to produce great 
crops of luscious, sweet, blackberries wherever 
you may be. We have a large_ stock. 
MERSEREAU. Mammoth early ironclad Black- 
berry. Will stand 15 to 25 degrees of cold; needs 
no winter protection. Free from blight, rust and 
other diseases. Exceptionally sweet, rich and lus- 
cious. Canes of strong, upright habit, always 
strong enough to support the great crop of berries; 
bears regularly every year in any climate. A mid- 
season berry, following Early Harvest; should be 
in every field. 
