Fruit Trees, Small Fruits and Ornamentals. 
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Black Diamond. 
SELECT RASPBERRIES. 
Set 3 ft. apart in row, and have rows 7 t. apart. 
Black Diamond. Black. Time oJ ripen- 
ing here, first half of July. The Bhick 
DianuMid lias sliDWii itstilf to be the most 
profitable black Raspberry iti the world. It 
is sweeter than anything? else on tlie market, 
more pvilpy, and contains fewer seeds; at 
tiie same time islirm.and an A No 1 shipper. 
It is a grand berry for drying, the dried ber- 
ries being a jet black, and containin-j all the 
richness, fine fiavor and sweetness of the 
fresh frnil. Both the fresh and dried fruit 
command a hij(h price on the market. We 
are offered 2 cents per pound more for our 
Black Diamond dried fruit than is l>eing paid 
for choice fruit of other varieties. As our 
mature plants have yielded over 5,000 quarts 
per acre, this difference alone means 
per acre. 
For health and vigor of plant, it cannot be 
surpassed. \Vc have not seen one sinj^le 
stalk of Black Diamond afi'ected with an- 
thracnose. We never liave to spray the 
Black Diamond, while otiier varieties, side by 
side with it, lose from an eighth to a ((uarter 
of their growing wood by fungus. One of 
the secrets of its great succes is its ability to 
withstand the attacks of fungus 
We have a patch of Black Diamond on our 
place covering i i-io acres of land, planted 
in the spring of iSgs. This land has received 
no manure or other fertilization for 10 years. 
In i8t)6 the yield from this patch was over 
1 ,5(X) ([uarts per acre ; in 1.S97 the yield was 
5,640 (piarts for the piece, or over 5,000 (juarts 
per acre. We estimate tliat 1,000 quarts per 
acre were lost by the very wet weather and 
heavy rains wbicli we had when the berries 
were ripening. The rain splasluil the nuid 
on the berries, ami in many cases l)uried the 
lower brandies in the ground. Most of the 
- }'of l-ero^ February 
fruit from the lower branches was lost in this 
way, but still we gathered over 5,000 quarts 
per acre. 
The tremendous yield, and the ease] of 
picking the berries, made it possible to get 
our picking done for 1'.' cents per quart, 
where others were paying 2 cents per quart. 
A yield of 1,000 tjuarts of the Ohio per 
acre the first season is large, and 3,000 quarts 
for the second season is a'^out the average, 
while we have a patch of Black Diamond 
planted in the spring of 1S96, containing six 
acres, from which we picked 9,000 quarts 
this year (1897). 
From T/w Rural Nc; 
19. 189S: 
* * Black Diamond Ravpbe"iy was received 
during the spring of iSg6. We find this blackcap 
among the most productive varieties ever iried at 
die Rural grounds. The berries are as large as 
those of the (iregg, the drupelets being twice as 
those of the Cumberland. The quahty is very 
good. It is amuiig the earliest, ami wonderfully 
productive, the one objection being that the berries 
Iia\c too nuirh bloom. * * 
[The s ems, on the end of which the berries 
grow, project frotn the drupelets, t he superiority 
of a variety having large drupelets is at once ap- 
parent.) 
From the New York Experiment Station, 
Geneva, N. Y., August 23, 1897: 
The Black Dia-nond gave us its first fruit tiris 
season. It prtitniscs to be a \aluahle acquisition 
to our list tit black Raspberi it's. Our notes on this 
variety are as follows; Firiit l.ir.ne si/e. .i;<Hid 
color and quality, firm .uid product ive : plants 
strong and viKorous, worthy ot furtlier testing. 
W'e h;ue not fiijnred up the yie'd of ti e ditterent 
x'ariL'ties so we are unable togivc yovi the conipara- 
ti\e producli\eness of the Black Diai>iotui 
Very truly, W. Paddock. 
