C. W. Stuart Company, Nurserymen 
Select Blackberries 
Erie. Black. Last half of August here, 
holds out late. A strong, healthy 
grower, free from diseases Uable to at- 
tack the Blackberry. Productive as the 
Lawton, and without its failings. Very 
early;* ripens even before the Wilson. 
Extra good quality. Fruit large, fine, 
berries jet black in color, firm in tex- 
ture, making it necessarily a popular 
sort for distant shipment, as well as for 
home market. Hardy, having withstood 
a temperature 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 northem Ohio. 
Early Harvest. This is one of the earliest 
blackberries in cultivation; a compact 
dwarf grower; fruit medium size and 
fine quality; an enormous bearer. 
Eldorado. Very vigorous and hardy, en- 
during the winters of the far northwest 
without injury, and their yield is enor- 
mous. The berries are large, jet black, 
borne in clusters and ripen well together; 
they are very sweet, melting. 
Blowers. Fruit large, productive; a strong 
grower; a promising new variety. 
Rathbun. Black. Fruit jet black, with a 
high polish, and sufficiently firm to 
handle and carry well. The whole crop 
is of a very uniform size. A compari- 
son made in the season of 1896, taking 
the berries in each case just as they 
averaged, showed that a common straw- 
berry quart box of Snyder counted 164 
berries; the same package of Rathbun 
counted but 45 berries. A specimen mea- 
sured was \% inches in length and \% 
inches in diameter. The fruit of the 
Rathbun, unlike most Blackberries, has 
no hard core; in fact, no core is perceived 
in eating it; all is soft, sweet and lus- 
cious, with a high flavor. The plant is a 
strong, erect grower, and hardy, producing 
few suckers. 
Snyder. Black. Ripens here first part of 
August. Enormously productive. Me- 
dium size. No hard, sour core. Half as 
many thorns as Lawton or Kittatinny, 
and they are nearly straight and short. 
Gooseberry 
Columbus. Greenish yellow. Fruit large, 
handsome, of excellent quality. The 
plant is vigorous and"productive, and does 
not mildew. It merits a place in every 
garden. The editor of The Rural New 
Yorker says: "It is the best variety yet 
Introduced, and seems close to a perfect 
Gooseberry for our climate." 
Downing. Greenish white. July 15 here. 
Fruit large, oval. Plant very vigorous 
and hardy, with stiff, strong shoots. 
FoUage heavy, covering the fruit from 
the sun and resisting mildew. Bears 
most abundantly, and is profitable for 
market and home use. The best of all 
the American varieties. 
Houghton's Seedling. Pale red. Fruit 
small to nKxlium size, roundish, oval, 
sweet. Very productive and valuable. 
Industry. Dark red. Fruit large^ oval, 
hairy. Although a foreign variety, it 
has succeeded admirably, and we have 
fruited it with great satisfaction for 
several seasons. Attains a marketable 
size very early in the Gooseberry sea- 
son, thus commanding the high prices 
of the early market. Bears enormous 
crops. A remarkably vigorous plant. 
Flavor excellent. Origin, England. 
Pearl. Yellowish green. Fruit extremely 
large; quality good. The plant is an 
extremely heavy bearer, and has been 
found to be entirely free from mildew. 
A 3-year-old bush is reported as having 
about 2,500 berries. A seedling of Hough- 
ton. 
Smith's Improved. Light green when ripe., 
About July 10 here. One of the largest 
American varieties. Fruit oval in form, 
sweet and excellent. Plant vigorous, 
healthy and hardy. Raised from seed 
by Dr. Smith, of Vermont. 
Dewberry 
Lucretia. A trailing variety of the black- 
berry. Ripens between the Raspberry 
and the Blackberry. A very desirable 
fruit. 
Set 4 to 5 feet apart each way. 
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