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and thick, more like those of the raspberry than the blackberry. The fruit is 
as large as the largest size blackberry, is of the same shape, with globules 
similar to that fruit. Color, when fully ripe, a dark, rich red. It partakes of 
both flavors of the raspberry and blackberry, being a combination of the two 
mixed, a very pleasant, mild, vinous flavor, delightful to the taste, not found 
in any other fruit, but peculiar to this alone. It is excellent for the table, 
eaten fresh or cooked, and for jellies or jams without an equal. The fruit is 
firm and carries well; seeds small and few. The vines are enormous bearers. 
PRIMUS This is one of Mr. Burbank’s greatest productions, and he says 
of it: This was my first success with blackberry-raspberry hybrids, and it 
has been fully tested for several seasons. It is one of the most productive 
berries known, and is larger and more regular in shape than any other berry. 
Its flavor is unique; nothing like it has before appeared. All pronounce it 
superior when cooked, and eaten raw it is claimed to be the best berry ever 
tasted. This berry is really enormous in size of fruit and vigor of growth. 
Its flavor is like that of raspberry and blackberry combined. Fruit large and 
handsome, of a mulberry black color. Its season of fruiting is earlier than 
either the raspberry or blackberry, following close upon the strawberry, often 
before standard blackberries commence to bloom. Bushes inclined to a trail- 
ing habit and are best trained upon wire like grape vines. It is somewhat of 
a perpetual bearer, showing more or less fruit all summer. In a greenhouse 
it is a great thing for it will fruit splendidly all winter and prove exceedingly 
profitable. It is as hardy as an oak in any climate and a sure cropper 
every year. 
BLACKBERRIES. 
1 hese require the same kind of soil and treatment as raspberries, except 
that they should be planted in rows 8 feet wide and 4 feet apart in the row. 
For self-sustaining bushes clip off the points of the growing canes as soon as 
the plants are about 4 feet high, and repeat the operation several times until 
they assume the form of a bush. Mulching is of great advantage to both 
raspberries and blackberries. 
EARLY HARVEST One of the most valuable where it succeeds; is not 
entirely hardy in the north and need winter protection; its earliness, being 
one of the first to ripen, combined with good shipping qualities, make it very 
profitable; compact, dwarf grower; enromous bearer; fruit medium size, 
black, of excellent quality. 
ERIE— (New)— Said to be the only large, productive, absolutely hardy 
blackberry yet introduced; originated in northern Ohio; free from rust and 
all other diseases and wonderfully productive (exceeding even the prolific 
Lawton), bending the robust canes to the ground with the weight of fruit; 
fruit very large, excellent quality, handsome and firm, and ripens exceedingly 
early; fruit uniform, both in size and shape. 
EVERGREEN— A strong growing late variety of trailing or climbing habit; 
retaining its foliage throughout the winter; a heavy producer of good size 
berries. 
