DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 
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KITTATINNY — Large, black, sweet; soft when black; very hardy; ripens 
up, gradually like the Lawton; one of the best. 
LAWTON — Fruit large; ripens late; very productive. 
MAMMOTH (New) — The Mammoth, in growth and vine, is entirely unlike 
any other blackberry plant known. The canes are exceedingly large, and 
when exposed to the sun a deep red color; is a rampant grower, trailing upon 
the ground, and under favorable conditions will make a growth of 20 feet or 
more in one season. The foliage is large and thick, of a deep green color. 
The plants are wonderfully productive and exceedingly early, fruit ripening 
three weeks before other cultivated kinds. The fruit is enormously large, 
some specimens measuring from 2% to 2% inches long; very largest black- 
berry known to the world. The globules are large; seeds small, soft and not 
very abundant; core quite small and very soft. The flavor is a decided im- 
provement on any known variety of blackberry. The acid flavor so pro- 
nounced in all other kinds is very mild and pleasant, and when fully ripe is 
quite sweet. The berry in size and delicious flavor will eclipse any black- 
berry heretofore produced. It is advisable in planting the Mammoth black- 
berry plants that they be given plenty of room. If grown upon a trellis, 
which is by far the best, the rows should not be less than 9 or 10 feet apart, 
and the plants 6 to 8 feet in the rows. 
MERSEREAU (New)— This early mammoth iron-clad blackberry is by far 
the most valuable variety that has ever appeared since the advent of the Wil- 
son, over 30 years ago. It originated in northwestern New York, where the 
mercury falls from 15 to 25 degrees below zero and where it has stood in open 
field culture for many years without the slightest protection, never being in 
jured in the least. It has never had a leaf affected with orange rust, blight 
or other disease or produced a double or “rose” blossom. 
In hardiness it is doubtless without an equal among blackberries, having 
endured a temperature of 20 degrees below zero without being injured in the 
least, even at the tips, although Snyder and Taylor’s Prolific were much dam- 
aged. Just how low a temperature it will withstand uninjured is not known. 
The berries are brilliant, sparkling black throughout, and what adds great 
value to it as a market berry, it remains black under all conditions and cir- 
cumstances, never turning red when gathered in hot, muggy weather, after 
the manner of Snyder, Lawton, Erie and many other varieties. In quality it 
is exceptionally sweet, rich, melting and luscious, being without core; the 
seedy character of Snyder and most other sorts is noticeably absent. As a 
shipper and keeper it is unsurpassed, remaining firm without bleeding in 
handling. 
The canes are of exceedingly strong, upright habit, attaining upon fairly 
good soil a height of 8 feet if permitted t.o grow unchecked, and are so stout 
as to always remain erect; foliage large, deep green, abundant and entirley 
free from rust or blight. The yield is simply enormous, producing double the 
quantity of fruit per acre of the Snyder, Kittatinny or Taylor’s Prolific and af- 
fording heavy pickings from the first until the crop is all matured. Its season 
is early to mid-season, ripening with the Snyder, in advance of Kittatinny, Law- 
ton, Taylor’s Prolific or Erie, but not so early as Early Harvest or the Wilson. 
RATHBURN — The berries are large, larger than Kittatinny, of an intense 
jet black, very glossy and of permanent color, never turns red, without any 
