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E. W. Reid’s Catalogue of Small Fruits, Etc. 
BLACKBERRIES. 
CULTURE. The culture of these is about the same as that of the raspberry, but if the soil £ not very 'rich, 
row ; on rich soil, 6 by 3 feet. It 
requires out 6,000 plants per acre. 
They should be topped two feet from 
the ground for laterals ; do not let 
more than three canes grow to the 
hill. The past seasons have proved 
to us that there is as much profit in 
Blackberry culture as in any other 
branch of fruit-growing. We gath- 
ered enough fruit from vines this 
season to almost pay for the ground 
they grew on— getting $4 per bushel 
for fruit at a home market ! The 
culture of blackberries is not so gen- 
eral as the profits would justify, the 
demand being always good in the 
larger cities. 
ELDORADO BLACKBER- 
RY. This season we offer to the 
public for the first time Eldorado 
blackberry, which is the most valu- 
able blackberry ever put on the 
market, and is endorsed by the strongest 
recommendations from the highest au- 
thority in tire United States on new or 
old fruits. The entire stock of this variety 
is ours ; it is under our personal super- 
vision, but will be offered to the public 
by some other reliable nurserymen as a 
novelty. 
Description. Like many of our best 
fruits, Eldorado is an accidental seedling, 
and takes its name from the town close 
by where it was found in Preble, Co., 
Ohio. It has been cultivated 12 years, 
and under careful test at different experi- 
ment stations for four years lias never 
winter-killed or failed to produce a full 
crop of the finest fruit. The vines are 
very vigorous and hardy, enduring the 
winters of the far northwest without in- 
jury, and their yield is enormous. The berries 
are very large, jet-black, borne in large clusters, 
and ripen well together ; they are very sweet, 
melting, and pleasing to the taste, have no hard 
core, and keep for >S or 10 days after picking 
with quality unimooired. 
We quote wom= of commendation from tile 
following high authority : 
from u. s. pomologist’s report, 1892 . 
This berry was noted last year, and is of much prom- 
ise- so much so that a special colored plate has been made. It is 
an oblong, irregular berry, of large size, fruiting in pendulous, 
slender hairy spikes, with few thorns. Color black; flesh deep 
crimson with tender core ; flavor sweet, rich quality and very 
d H. E. VAN JJEMAN, 
k u. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 
LETTER NO 1. Dear Sir: I find the Eldorado to be a large 
tHe LETTER^C)' 11 ^ "Sear 5 i>; 3 SampleVof ' e 1<^ received a photo, of the cluster .^IMs cer'tainTy^ar 
nperior to Snyder in size and q^Uty.aud if ;as hardy w.llbe a valuable acqum . o. ^ aml , am delighted with 
LETTER NO. 3. Dear Sir: Specimens of Eldorado came all right. „ nv blackberry 1 ever tasted grown under the most 
she variety. The berries have no core, and are M swe e berries in many states— and, as you know, the blackberry 
where nature has mulched it-but never have^ tasted a, lythmg to 
. » i » t Rlflnrndn von have sent. . _ 
reaches its mgnesi penctuu . - 
etqual those specimens of Eldorado you have sent. 
From the Ohio Experiment Station. 
Eldorado is the most promising blackberry. It appears 
to be as hardy as Snyder, is larger and of better quality 
Snyder, Ancient Briton and Eldorado are the only perfectly 
hardy sorts in Central Ohio. W. J. Green, Horticulturist. 
From the Minnesota Experiment Station. 
Eldorado will bear a small amount of fruit this year, which is 
just ripening. Fruit large and plants healthy they came 
through the winter in good shape. Sam l B. Grei-.n. 
Painesvillb, O.— Accept thanks for samples of Eldorado; 
they are oflarge size and extra fine ^u/harrison Co. 
H. E. Van Deman. 
The colored plate in Mr. Van Deman's U. S. report ol Eldo- 
rado Blackberry describes it with, " flesh deep crimson, with 
tender core ; flavor sweet and rich .”— Dural New- Yorker, 
Aug. 5. i8 93. 
From the Pennsylvania Experiment Station. 
Eldorado is an immense producer. The berries ripen evenly, 
are very sweet and of good size ; the yield was greater than 
any others on our grounds. Geo. C. Butz. 
Norm sl ill.— Samples of Eldorado received. It is certainly 
a very fine berry- very black, of good size, and should recom- 
mend itself to the trade, and will be a valuable addition to the 
small list of profitable Blackberries. H . Augustine, 
t>_ Aren.-iotimi <~>f Aniprirflii TVJiircprvmpn 
40 cts. each, Sj per dozen, Szo per too, $150 per 1,000. 
