DESCRIPTIVE PRICED CATALOGUE 
the eiaorado BlacHberry. 
History and Description.— 
This Blackberry, like many of our 
very Vjest and most popular fruits, or- 
iginated as an accidental seedling in 
Preble county, Ohio, near a village of 
that name, and was first found and 
placed under cultivation about twelve 
years ago. During all this time it has 
never been winter-killed in the least, 
and has borne regular crops of fine 
fruit. It has been tested for several 
seasons at the experiment stations, 
and passed a critical e.xaminatiim by 
Prof. H. E. Van Deman, formerly U. 
S. Pomologist, whose report upon it I 
submit below : 
" From my personal knowledge of 
the Eldorado Blackberry, I fully be- 
lieve it has as much merit as the straw- 
berry, and after it becomes better 
known will be as popular. Every lov- 
er of good Blackberries should give 
this excellent and valuable fruit a 
trial. Its merits sae good size, extra 
fine quality, extreme hardiness and 
^-■eat producliveness : &xax& combination not l.-unci sc. i a. ni anv 
other Blac'<bcrry." It is described as follows bv Prof. H. E Van 
Deman: "Fruit medium to large, oblong conical, irregular, wuh 
very large drupes and small seeds and core ; quality excellent " 
C)ur first crop in summer of '97 is in accord with Prof. Van 
man's statement. It certainlv is of the most delicious flavor 
immeitsrlv productive. 
PriwC, dozen, $1.00 ; hundred, §2.50. 
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