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WILEY <£ CO.. CAYXfiSA, N. Y. 
Idckbcrries 
This excellent and profitable 
fruit should be planted for gar- 
den use in rows 6 feet apart, 
with plants 4 feet apart in the rows ; for market, in rows 8 
feet apart, with plants 3 feet apart in the rows. Give the 
plants the same cultivation as Raspberries. If properly grown, and 
successional varieties are chosen, this fruit e.xtends over a very consid. 
erable period, and affords a steady income from marketing. 
100. 1000. 
Agawam. Early, excellent flavor, perfectly hardy $1.50 $15.00 
Ancient Briton. One of the hardiest and best 
berries.. 2.75 
Early Harvest. Extremely early, enormous bearer. 1.50 12.00 
Erie. Large, high quality, very vigorous. 2.00 15.00 
Kittatinny. Large, sweet, ripens gradually. 1.50 10.00 
Snyder. Medium size, extremely hardy, very pro- 
ductive ..1.50 10.00 
Taylor's Prolific. Large size, hardy and of high 
quality. 1.50 10.00 
Any above sorts per dozen 50 cents. 
ADDITIONAL VARIETIESjt 
the Kdtbbun Blackberry 
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Is admired by everyone who has seen it, and it only waits to be 
known to be universally appreciated. No one who has seen it has 
been able to criticise it. We have watched it with great interest for 
three years, and are not able to say that it has a single weak point. 
Its quality is so superior that it will seem like a new kind of fruit to 
those accustomed to any of the old and well known varieties. 
The plant sends up a strong central stem ; makes but few suckers : 
it branches freely, and tips of the shoots bend downwards, and, when 
brought in contact with the ground and covered with soil, take root 
and propagate themselves in this manner. The plant is very produc- 
tive, the fruit large, handsome and without any hard core ; seeds- 
small and scarcely noticeable. 
SUMMARY. 
Plant, Vigorous, branching, making plenty of fruiting wood ;. 
in hardiness it is very satisfactory ; propagates from the tips of the 
.shoots ; produces fruit in great abundance. 
Roots. Sucker but very little ; run deep and branch freely, 
making the plant strongly drought-resisting. 
Berries. Very large, measuring from lyi to I'/i inches in 
length, and from i inch to 1% inch in diameter. Color intense black, 
with high polish. Flesh juicy, high flavored, soft throughout and 
without any hard core, sweet and delicious. Carry well to market, 
retainmg their form and making a handsome appearance. First 
quality for table use in a fresh state, or for canning and cooking 
purposes. 
Cornell University College of Agriculture. 
L. H. Kailky, Professor of Horticulture. 
ITHACA, N. Y., July 21, 1896. 
The R thbun blackberry Is now la full fruit and we are very much plea-sed with It. 
It Is midway bi-twepii a blackberry and a dewberry In habit as also In earllncss. The 
berries are exceeil nxly larue, glussy. Jet black, and of Hood (ju ilily. I certainly think 
that there is a tuture for it. 
L. H. BAII.EV. 
Frona S. H. York, Town Clerk of Harmony, N. Y. 
IIARMONV, N. Y., Septembers, 1894. 
I have seen and tested the new Rathbun bi:ickberry and do not hesitate to say that 
It Is tiie largest and be^l flavored of any blackberry 1 ever saw. s. H. YuuK. 
From Mr. Reed, Postmaster at Smith's Mills, N. Y. 
The new Rathbun HI" 'k' erry Is the laruest and best llavortd berry I ever knew. 
The berries measure an Inch and a half in leugth. 
From Rea & Powell, Produce and Commission Merchants, Buffalo, N. Y, 
Hi:ffalo, N. Y., 0(-tober aS, IS!)4. 
The Rathbun blackberries we sold for .you la.st July were of a very line flavor and 
brought at least two cents per quart more tlian the ordinar y Cerry, and we iluuk when 
they become Ijetter known ihey will be in gie.it (icmarid on this irjai'ket. We certainly 
think we will be able 10 sell twice as many next seasrrn as we did la^t. 
J. W. POWELL. 
Price 25 cts. each ; $2.50 per dozen ; $12.00 hundred. 
