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Snyder. We quote words of commendation from the following high authori- 
ty. This berry was noted last year, and is of much promise, 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 good.— H. E. Van Deman, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, 
D. C.” From the Ohio experiment station: “Eldorado is the most promising 
blackberry. It appears to be as hardy as Snydei, is larger and better quality 
— W. J. Green, Horticulturalist.” 
HIMALAYA GIANT — Originated by Luther Burbank from blackberry seed 
sent from Asia near the Himalaya mountains. A strong, remarkable grower 
producing canes from 20 to 30 feet in length. The fruit is of good size and 
borne in large clusters; is deliciously sweet and melting, with small seeds and 
no core. Mr. Brodie, superintendent of the experiment station, Puyallup, 
states that it has yielded at the rate of 400 crates (9,000 quarts) per acre, 
and thinks it might be made to yield 600 crates per acre on proper soil. Sea- 
son, August 1st to November. Retains its foliage throughout the winter, but 
should not be confused with the old Evergreen, as it is a distinct variety and 
in every way superior to it. 
ICEBERG— Raised by Luther Burbank, the “Wizard of Horticulture,” 
whose originations have world-wide fame and value. The following is Mr 
Burbank’s own description of White Blackberry Iceberg. He says: Owing to 
the somewhat unsatisfactory qualities of white 
blackberries so far known, the impression may 
have been entertained by some that no white 
blackberry could be as productive and hardy, 
with berries as early, abundant, large, handsome 
and delicious as the best black ones. The well 
known Lawton is, when ripened, unsurpassed and 
very generally known as the most productive mar- 
ket berry. Owing to its fixity of race, it will re- 
produce itself from seed almost exactly, and its 
seedlings will not be influenced when raised from 
seed pollinated by other varieties, but it readily 
THE ICEBERG imparts its good qualities when employed as the 
staminate parent. One of the great grandparents 
of Iceberg was Lawton. The first generation of seedlings, when crossed with 
Cristal White was all black; the second also, though varying very much in 
other respects; but the third produced this wonderful plant, bearing the snow- 
iest white berries ever seen. Very little attention was paid to the long rows 
of crossbred descendants, until one day this berry was discovered among its 
black relatives, with the canes bending in various directions with their loads 
of delicious, snowy berries, which are not only white, but so transparent that 
the seeds, which are unusually small, may be seen in the berries when ripe. 
Clusters larger than those of the Lawton. Berries, as near as could be judged, 
vere at least as large, earlier, sweeter and more tender and melting through- 
out, though as firm as Lawton is when ripe.” 
