DESCRIPTIVE PRICED CATALOGUE 
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I BLACKBERRIES. 
This excellent and profitable fruit should be planted for garden 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 ni the rows (Uve the plants the same culti- 
vation as Raspberries. If properly grown, and successive varieties are 
chosen, this fruit extends over a very considerable period, and affords a steady 
income from marketing. 
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Eldorado. One of the hardiest and best berries $4.00 
Kittatinny. Large, sweet, ripens gradually 2.00 12.00 
Snyder. Medium size, extremely hardy, very productive. . 2.00 12.00 
Taylor's Prolific. Largfc size, hardy and of high quality 2.00 1200 
Rathbun. New and -^'esirable . _ 6.00 
Agawam. Hardy and fine quality 2.50 
Bangor. Excellent quality. 2.50 
THE PRINCE of all BLACKBERRIES. 
THE MERSEREAU. 
Named by PROF. BAILEY of CorneU Univenity. 
See Cornell Bulletin, No. 99, Aug. '95 
" A variety resembling Snyder and derived from it. Some four years ago 
the originator noticed an extra large strong bush among his Suyders, and be- 
gan to propagate from it. He is now gradually changing his whole plantation 
over to this new variety. It is one of the most promising varieties I know." 
PROF. BAILEY. 
Wkntworth Nt'RSKRiES, Hexham. Engl.ind, Dec. 12. '99. 
We received the Mersereau Blackberry plants in good condition. WM. FELL & SON. 
Mr. H. S. Wilev, Cayuga, N. Y. Dear .SV>:— From my observation of the fruit of this 
variety, as shown at the State Fair for several years, as well as from what I have seen at 
the Geneva Experiment Station and their reports on it, I am inclined to regard this variety 
as the most valuable blackberry today under cultivation, and it seems to me it should be 
more thoroughly disseminated in the hands of those who are interested in the production of 
an excellent Blackberry. Very truly yours, S. D. WILLARD. 
ITS POINTS OF SUPERIORITY ARE: 
tst, Extreme Hardiness. 
2d, Larger size and greater productiveness. 
3d, Less tendency to turn red after being picked than Snyder. 
4th, Delicious Quality. 
5tb, Remains in bearing as late as Sept. t to 10. 
6th, Selling two and three cents higher per quart than any other variety. 
7th, No other variety during the past summer carried and developed its crop 
through the extreme drought as dd this variety. 
Mersereau Blackberry. Largest, sweetest, /tardiest, and best in all 
points. Fruited for eight years. Main crop, season of Snyder, but continues 
m bearing as late as September loth, several crates picked this last season 
after September ist. selling at fabulous prices. We exhibited trusses of this 
fruit at New York State Fair, first week in September in fine condition, which 
attracted universal attention. 
Stock of plants very limited. 
Price, No. r, $1.00 doz. Mailed at dozen rates. No. i plants perioo, $4.00. 
