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REID’S NURSERIES, UPLAND, OHIO 
RATH BUN. This is .a new fruit that we offer with the utmost satisfaction. It is admired by 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 originated, 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 Inches 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 varieties In cultivation for quality. It is sufficiently firm to ship and handle well, having been sent a 
distance of 3G miles by wagon and rail, arriving in fine condition, and selling at a considerably higher price, in 
preference to the best of other varieties. The Rathbun was severely tested for hardiness during the winter of 
1895-9G, when for several days the temperature was 20 degrees below zero. Plants of Minnewaski and Erie Black- 
berries 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 varieties, it produces but few 
suckers. It sends up a strong main stem, which branches freely. These branches curve over and bend down- 
ward till the tips touch the ground. Late 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 Blackberry with tip-rooting habit. Ripens about 
the same time as Wilson. Price, 75 cts. per doz., $4 per 100, $30 per 1,000. 
AGAWAM. Fruit of fair size, jet black, sweet, tender and melting to the very core; for home use it has no 
superior, being sweet as soon as black; it is extremely hardy and healthy, and very productive. As an eminent 
small fruit grower says: "It stands at the head for hardiness, fruitfulness and sweetness.” No well-regulated 
fruit garden should be without this excellent variety. 50 cts. per doz., $1.50 per 100, $10 per 1,000. 
ANCIENT BRITON. One of the best of the hardy varieties; in Wisconsin and other northern states it is 
superseding all other kinds. Very vigorous, healthy and hardy, producing large fruit stems, loaded with good- 
sized berries of fine quality, that 
carry well and bring highest price in 
market. For general planting for 
home or market in all sections sub- 
ject 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 pro- 
lific. It is larger and earlier than 
Early Harvest, and its delicious 
sweetness renders it of special value 
for the home garden. It is also free 
of double blossoms, rust or other dis- 
ease. It has been thoroughly tested 
at the north, and has given very gen- 
eral satisfaction. 75 cts. per doz., 
$2.50 per 100, $20 per 1,000. 
EARLY HARVEST. The earliest 
Blackberry, consequently one of the 
most valuable, were it hardy. Here 
it has proven hardy. Ripening in 
July, with its productiveness, it is 
eminently profitable for market, 
whilst its earliness and good quality 
make it a special favorite in the home 
garden, where it succeeds. 50 cts. 
per doz., $1.50 per 100, $7 per 1,000. 
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