E. W. HEID'S NURSERIES, BRIDGEPORT, OHIO. 
BLACKBERRY LEADERS. 
BLACKBERRIES. 
RATHBUN. This is a new fruit that we offer with the utmost satisfaction. It is admired bv all who have 
seen it, and no one has been able to discover a weak point about it. To those who are accustomed 'to only the old 
varieties it will seem like a new kind of 
fruit. It has already established a high 
reputation in the vicinity where it origi- 
nated, and the fruit brought a much 
higher price than any other Blackberry in 
the market at that time. The fruit is 
simply enormous, far larger than any 
other variety. A large proportion of the 
berries will measure from I 1-4 to I 1-2 
Inches in length, and the whole crop is 
very uniform. The fruit of the Rathbun, 
unlike most Blackberries, has no hard 
core. It is soft, sweet and luscious, with 
a high flavor. It Is superior to all va- 
rieties In cultivation for quality. It is 
sufficiently firm to ship and handle well, 
having been sent a distance of 36 miles 
by wagon and rail, arriving in fine con- 
dition, and selling at a considerably 
higher price, in preference to the best of 
other varieties. The Rathbun tvas se- 
verely tested for hardiness during the 
winter of 1895-96, when for several days 
the temperature was 20 degrees below 
zero. Plants of Minnewaski and Erie 
Blackberries on the same ground were so 
badly frozen that it was impossible for them to produce 
fruit, but the Rathbun bore a very good crop. The 
plant is a strong, erect grower, and, unlike most va- 
rieties, it produces but few suckers. It sends up a 
strong main stem, which branches freely. These 
brauches curve over and bend downward until the tips 
touch the ground, hate in the season they send out 
roots from the tips of the branches, and thus propagate 
themselves, in the manner of a blackcap raspberry. It 
is not a dewberry, nor is there the least evidence of the 
admixture of dewberry blood. It is purely a Black- 
berry with tip-rooting habit. Ripens about the same 
time as Wilson. Price, tips, 75 cts. per doz., $1 per 
100, $30 per 1,000. Strong, 1-year plants, $1 per doz., 
$5 per 100, $10 per 1,000. 
Eldorado. 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 
county, Ohio. 
It has been cul- 
tivated 12 years, 
and under care- 
ful tests at dif- 
ferent experi- 
ment stations 
for 1 years has 
never winter- 
killed or failed 
to produce a full 
crop of the fin- 
est fruit. The 
vines are very 
vigorous a n il 
hardy, endur- 
ing the winters 
of the far north- 
west 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, aud keep for 6 or 10 days after pick- 
ing with quality unimpaired. 50 cts. per doz., $2.50 
per 100, $15 per 1 .000. 
Agawam. Fruit of fair size, jet-black, sweet, ten- 
der and melting to the very core; for home use it has 
no superior, being sweet as soon as black; it is ex- 
tremely hardy and healthy and very productive. 50 
cts. per doz., $1.50 per 100, $10 per 1,000. 
Ancient Briton. One of the best of hardy varieties. 
Very vigorous, healthy and hardy, producing large 
fruit stems loaded with good-sized berries of fine 
quality, that carry well and fetch highest prices in 
market. For general plauting for home or market in 
all sections subject to severe winters, this is recom- 
mended as a first-class variety. 50 cts. per doz., $1 50 
per 100, $10 per 1,000. 
Early King. An extra-early and exceedingly hardy 
variety of great merit. Canes of strong growth, as 
hardy as Snyder, and very prolific. It is larger and 
earlier than Early Harvest, and its delicious sweetness 
renders it of special value for the home garden. 75 cts. 
per doz., $2.50 per 100, $20 per 1,000. 
Erie. Its quality is of the very best, and its hardi- 
ness all that was ever claimed for it. It is one of the 
strongest growers, and will produce large crops on 
what would be called poor soil; its fruit is of the largest 
type, being v.ery uniform in size, and perfect. 50 cts. 
per doz., $1.50 per 100, $12 per 1,000. 
Early Harvest. The earliest Blackberry, ripening 
in July; productive. 50 cts. per doz., $1.50 per 100, $7 
per 1,000. 
Klttatlnny. Berries large; canes of strong, erect 
growth and productive. It is not safe from winter- 
killing north of New York. Medium to late. 50 cts. 
per doz., $1.50 per 100, $8 per 1,000. 
Lawton. An old favorite, esteemed for its produc- 
. t.iveness and large size; delicious when fully ripe, but 
turns black in advance of ripening. Medium to late. 
50 cts. per doz., $1.50 per 100, $10 per 1,000. 
Maxwell’s Early. As early as Early Harvest; very 
large, sweet, rich, luscious; very productive. Bush a 
low, strong, stocky grower, entirely free from rust, 
double blossoms or other disease. 75c. per doz., $2 per 
100, $15 per 1,000. 
Minnewaski. "Of superior merit by reason of its 
great hardiness, large size and enormous productive- 
ness.” 75 cts. per doz., $2 per 100, $15 per 1.000. 
Snyder. Stands severest cold without injury; of ex- 
cellent quality for market purpose's. 50 cts. per doz., 
$1.50 per 100, $8 per 1,000. 
Stone’s Hardy. The hardiest; sweet and produc- 
tive; is larger than Snyder. 50 cts. per doz., $1.50 per 
100, $8 per 1,000. 
Taylor’s Prolific. Ripens somewhat later than Sny- 
der. Its size, great hardiness and productiveness ren- 
der it of greatest value for the north. 50 cts. per doz., 
$1.50 per 100. $8 per 1,000. 
Wilson’s Early. Very large, early. 50 cts. perdoz., 
$1 per 100, $6 per 1,000. 
Wilson, Jr. This variety, in some parts of the 
country, does not stand the winter. It is noted for its 
productiveness. Is a profitable berry where hardy. 
50c. per doz., $1.25 per 100, $8 per 1,0007 
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