FRUIT DEPARTMENT-BLACKBERRIES 
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unknown, beautiful cut-leaved foliage, which it 
retains during the winter, berries large, black, 
sweet, rich and delicious. It continues to ripen 
from July to November, which makes it one of 
the best berries for family use, an excellent trel- 
lis and arbor plant. 
Himalaya Giant. Vigorous grower; canes some- 
times reaching 30 to 40 feet; must be trained on 
a trellis. Fruit large, black; very abundant bear- 
er and excellent shipper; shape more round than 
Kittatinny or Lawton, more juicy and smaller 
seed. Mr. Brodie, Superintendent Experimental 
Station, Puyallup, states that it has yielded at 
the rate of 400 crates (9,600 quarts) per acre, and 
thinks it might be made to yield 600 crates per 
acre on proper soil. 
Iceberg. This wonderful berry is the origination 
of the far famed Luther Burbank, whose remark- 
able success in the production of valuable new 
plants has given him the title of the “Wizard of 
Horticulture.” The fruit is white, transparent; 
the seeds, which are unusually small, can be seen 
in the ripe berries. The clusters are larger than 
those of Lawton; individual berries as large, but 
earlier, sweeter and more melting than 
Lawton. Like all Blackberries the Ice- 
berg is slightly bitter when not thor- 
oughly ripe. 
Kittatinny. Large, black, sweet; soft 
when black; very hardy; ripens up grad- 
ually like Lawton. One of the best ex- 
cept in the northern sections. 
Lawton. (New Rochelle.) The well 
known market variety. 
Mammoth. Supposed to be a cross be- 
tween the wild blackberry of California 
and the Crandall’s Early. Grows en- 
tirely unlike any other blackberry plant 
known. It is a rampant grower, trailing 
on the ground and under favorable con- 
ditions will grow 20 feet in a season. 
The canes are large, of deep red color 
when exposed to the sun; the foliage is 
large, thick, of a deep green color. 
Enormously productive and exceedingly 
earlv, ripening three weeks before other 
cultivated kinds. Fruit enormous, speci- 
mens measuring 2J inches long; seed 
small, soft and abundant; core small, 
soft. In size and flavor said to surpass 
all other varieties of Blackberries. We 
offer it to the public only after a most 
thorough test, covering a period of sev- 
eral years. 
Mercereau. This early mammoth iron- 
clad Blackberry originated in northwest- 
ern New York, where the mercury falls 
from 16 to 26 degrees below zero and 
where it has stood in open field culture 
for many years without the slightest 
protection. As a shipper and keeper it 
is unsurpassed, remaining firm without 
bleeding in handling. The canes are of 
exceedingly strong, upright habit, at- 
taining upon fairly good soil a height of 
8 feet if permitted to grow unchecked, 
and are so stout as to always remain 
erect; foliage large, deep green and 
abundant. Its season is early to mid- 
summer, ripening with the Snyder, in 
advance of Kittatinny, Lawton, Tay- 
BLACKBERRIES, Continued 
ity, though not so large as some varieties. 
Erie. Said to be the only large, productive, 
absolutely hardy Blackberry yet introduced. Or- 
iginated 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. 
Eldorado. A new seedling from Preble county, 
Ohio. The vines are very vigorous and hardy, 
enduring the winters of the far northwest with- 
out injury, and their yield is enormous. The 
berries are large, jet black, borne in large clus- 
ters, and ripen well together. They are very 
sweet, melting and pleasing to the taste, have 
no hard core, and keep eight or ten days after 
packing with quality unimpaired, combining 
nearly all the good qualities found in a Black- 
berry. 
Evergreen. Introduced from Oregon, origin 
Himalaya Giant 
