FRUIT DEPARTMENT— BLACKBERRIES 
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•Houghton— Medium size, pale red, sweet and 
juicy; vigorous grower, abundant bearer and 
free from mildew. 
Industry— One of the best English varieties yet 
introduced; berries very large, dark red, 
hairy, rich and agreeable; bush vigorous and 
a great producer. 
Eldorado 
•Josselyn (Red Jacket)— Large size, smooth and 
excellent quality; very hardy and a wonderful 
cropper. 
Pearl— Similar to Downing, but fruit a little 
larger, very hardy, free from mildew and very 
productive; valuable for home use or market. 
Smith's Improved— Bush moderately vigorous 
and very productive; fruit large, pale yellow 
and thin skin; excellent quality for dessert 
or cooking. 
BLACKBERRIES 
Blackberries are among the best-known and 
most valued of our berries. No fruit of any 
kind is more wholesome. A llbernl use of ber- 
ries and other good fruit will save doctors' bills. 
Blackberries should be planted In rows six or 
seven feet apart, three to four feet in the row. 
Keep the ground light, rich and clean, and pinch 
the canes back when they have reached four 
feet in height. The demand for blackberries is 
always good. 
♦Ancient Briton— Large, oblong, sweet and very 
good; bush a sturdy grower, hardy and one 
of the most productive; one of the best sorts 
for the Middle West. 
Blowers — Fruit large, productive; a strong 
grower; a promising new variety. 
Early Harvest— One of the earliest, berry me- 
dium sized, good quality and very prolific; 
firm and attractive in appearance. A good 
market sort. 
Eldorado— Vine Is vigorous and hardy; berries 
are very large, black, borne in clusters; ripens 
well together; sweet, melting and pleasing to 
the taste. 
•Erie— One of the very best large new black- 
berries; absolutely hardy, very black, firm and 
solid; ripens early. 
Kittatinny — Large, sometimes one and one-half 
inch in length; glossy black; flesh moderately 
firm, sweet, rich and excellent; canes are 
vigorous and hardy; very productive. 
'Mersereau— Large, oval, sparkling black, sweet, 
rich and melting, hardy and productive. 
Rathbun— A strong, erect grower and hardy; 
fruit is .sweet, luscious, without a hard core; 
high flavor; jet black, small seeds; firm 
enough to ship and handle well. One of the 
largest sized berries. 
'Snyder- The hardiest blackberry know-n; fruit 
medium sized and of a good quality; a stand- 
ard market variety. 
Stone's Hardy— A vigorous grower; berry glossy 
blac^k and of a good flavor. A little later than 
the Snyder; very hardy. 
Taylor— Large, oblong, soft; juicy, sub-acid and 
rich; later than Snyder. 
Wilson's Early- Very large, black, sweet, rich 
and good quality; ripens early and is pro- 
ductive. 
DEWBERRIES 
The Dewberry is a dwarf and trailing form 
of the Blackberry. The fruit is highly prized 
as a market fruit owing to its large size and 
fine quality. Set the plants two feet apart in 
the row and cover in winter with coarse litter. 
Should be mulched in the spring to keep them 
off the ground. 
Austin— Glossy shining black color; flavor is 
most excellent and when fully ripe will fairly 
melt in your mouth; has the hardy character- 
istics of the Dewberry family ; very productive. 
•Lucretia — Perfectly hardy and remarkably pro- 
ductive; said to be the best of this class of 
fruit; ripens early; is often one and one-half 
inches long by one inch In diameter; sweet, 
luscious and melting; this variety is recom- 
mended most highly. 
Premo — Very large, jet black and good, crop 
ripens fast and evenly from seven to ten days 
earlier than Lucretia; is better and firmer 
in quality; an extra early sort. 
STRAWBERRIES 
strawberries can be successfully grown in any 
good garden soil. It is easily placed in the 
front rank among small fruits and owing to 
the wide i-ange in which it can be grown, there 
is always a good market for several weeks of 
the year. No fruit lends Itself so readily to the 
varied uses of the table or for canning purposes 
or preserving. The varieties that we list are 
all standard and the beist. "S" or staminate 
varieties fertilize themselves. "P" or pistillate 
varieties require to be planted with staminate 
in order to produce good crops. 
•Bederwood (S) — A very desirable early berry; 
medium to large, very firm, sweet and good; 
a vigorous grower and enormous yielder. 
