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Keid’s Nurseries — Catalogue of Small 
Fruits, Etc. 
BLACKBERRIES. 
CULTURE. The cult ure o f these is about the same as that of the raspberry, but if the soil is not very rich, 
they may be set 5 by 2 feet in the 
row ; on rich soil, 6K by 3 feet. It 
requires about 3,000 plants per acre. 
1'hey should be topped two feet from 
the ground for laterals; do not let 
more than three canes grow to the 
lull, d he 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 more than ever 
confirms ouropinion of this remark- 
able berry, that it is the most valu- 
able blackberry ever put on the 
mai ket, and is endoi sed by the strongest 
recommendations from the highest au- 
thority m the 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 
fi ri its, 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 has 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 8 or 10 days after picking 
with quality unimnoj re d. 
We quote worub of commendation from the 
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 
S 00 ^* -T o t-n r H. E. Van Deman, 
U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 
LETTER NO. 1. Dear Sir: I find the Eldorado to he a large 
oblong, conical berry, composed of large drops containing small 
.. n . , . , . seed, and adherent to a very small core. The berrv is iuiev and 
the flavor sweet and rich If it is hardy it is worthy of introduction. H. E. Van Deman 
LETTER NO. 2. Dear Sir : Samples of Eldorado at hand, and have received a photo, of the cluster. It is certainlv far 
uperior to Snyder in size and quality, aud if as hardy will be a valuable acquisition. H. E. Van Deman. 
LETTER NO. 3. Dear Sir: Specimens of Eldorado came all right. This is just what we want, and I ain delighted with 
She variety. I he berries have no core, and are as sweet and delicious as any blackberry I ever tasted grown under the most 
favorable circumstances. Since my boyhood I have gathered wild berries in many states— and, as you know the blackberry 
reaches its highest perfection beside some old rotten log, where nature has mulched it— but never have I tasted anything to 
etqual those specimens of Eldorado you have sent. 
H. E. Van Deman. 
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. 
Eldorad o 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. Green. 
Painesville, O. — Accept thanks for samples of Eldorado; 
they are of large size and extra fine quality. 
Storrs-Harrison Co. 
$2 per dozen, $15 per 
The colored plate in Mr. Van Deman’s U. S. report ot Eldo- 
rado Blackberry describes it with, " flesh deep crimson with 
tender core; flavor sweet and rich .”— Rural New-Yorker 
Aug.’S, 1893. ’ 
From the Pennsylvania Experiment, Station. 
Eldorado is an immense producer. The berries ripen evenly 
arc very sweet and of good size ; the yield was greater than 
any others on our grounds. Geo. C. Butz. 
Norm \l, 111.— Samples of Eldorado received. It is certainlv 
a very fine berry; very black, of good size, and should recotn- 
nd itself to the trade, and will be a valuable addition to the 
small list of profitable Blackberries. H. Augustine 
Pres, of Association of American Nurserymen 
100, $100 per 1,000. 
