SELECT BLACKBERRIES. 
Set 2 ft. apart in the pow ; hsve rows 6 ft. apart. 
Erie. Black. Last half of August here, holds 
out lafc. A strong, healthy grower, free fi-om 
disea,ses liable to attack the Blackberry. Pro- 
dnctive as the Lawton, and without its failings. 
Very early ; ripens even before the Wilson. 
Extra good quality. Fruit large, line, berries 
jet-black in color, firm in texture, making it 
necessarily a popular sort For distant shipment, 
as well as for home market. Hardy, having 
withstood a temjierature of 25 degrees below 
zero. Very desirable for our customers in 
northern climates. A chance .seedling, which 
sprung up on the shores of Lake Erie, in north- 
ern Ohio. 
Iceberg. White. Rai.sed by Luther Bur- 
bank, the "Wizard of Horticulture." The fol- 
lowing is Mr. Burbank's descrijition : 
One of the threat ^raiulpnrentsof leeberg was 
Lawton. Tlie first generation of seedlings, 
when crossed with Crystal White, was all 
black ; the second also, though varying much 
in other t espects ; but the third produced this 
wonderful plant, bearing the snowiest white 
berries ever .seen. 
Very little attention w-as paid to the long 
rows of cross-bred descendants, until one day 
this berry was discovered, among its black rel- 
atives, with the canes bending in various direc- 
tions with their loads of delicious, snowy ber- 
ries. 
Clusters larger than tho.se of Lawton ; ber- 
ries, us near as can be judged, were at least a-* 
large, earlier, sweeter, inore tender and melt- 
ing tliroughout, though as firm as Lawton is 
when ripe. 
Rachbun. Black. Fruit jet-black, with a 
high polish, and sufficiently firm to handle and 
carry well. The whole croji is of a very uni- 
form size. A comparison made in the season 
of 189(), taking the berries in each case just 
as they averaged, showed that a common straw- 
berry quart bo.\ of Snyder counted 1(U berries; 
the same |)ackage of Kathliun counted Ijut 4-'5 
berrie.s. A specimen measured was 1| inches 
in length and li inches in diameter. The fruit 
of the Rathlmn, unlike most Blackberries, has 
no hard core, in fact, no core is perceived in 
eating it ; all i.s soft, s.veet and luscious, with 
a high flavor. The plant is a strong, erect 
grower, producing few suckers. As to its hard- 
iness, it has stood I'l to 18 degrees below zero. 
The Kaibbuu Blackberry is now (July ) i-i full 
fruit, and we are very jnu<'h please<i with it. 
Is midway between a Rlacliberry and a IJew- 
berry in babitas alsoinearlinesi". The berries 
are exooedingly largo and glossv, ,iet black and 
of good quality. I certainly think that there is 
a future for it.— L. H. Bati.ey, Professor of 
Horticultui e, Uornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 
Snyder. Blac'<. Ripens here first part of 
August. Enormously jiroductive. Medium siz.-. 
No hard, sour core. Half as many thorns as 
Lawton or Kittatinny, and they are nearly 
straight and short. 
Wachusett. Black. We quote tlie fol- 
lowing : 
Fruit of medium si/.i;, oblong-oval, moderately 
firm ; sweet and good, little acid. Good keeper, 
ships well, very hardy, and freer from stiff 
t horns than others. 
DEWBERRY. 
Lucref'ia. A trailing variety of the Blackberry. liijiens between the Rjispberry and tlw 
Blackberry. A ver}- desirable fruit. 
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