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ALBANY NURSERIES 
BLACKBERRIES, Continued. 
lor’s Prolific or Erie, but not so early as Early 
Harvest or the Wilson. 
Rathbun. Origin, western New York. A 
strong, erect grower with strong stem, branch- 
ing freely. Hardy, having endured 20 degrees 
below zero and produced a good crop. Forms a 
neat, compact bush 4 to 5 feet high, producing 
its immense fruit abundantly. Fruit is sweet and 
luscious without hard core, of extra high flavor, 
jet-black, small seeds, firm enough to ship and 
handle well. 
Snyder. Extremely hardy, enormously pro- 
ductive, medium size, no hard, sour core; sweet 
and juicy. The leading variety where hardiness 
is the consideration. Ripens early. 
Ward. It was found growing in the fence-row 
adjoining a plantation of Wilson’s, on the Michael 
Ward farm in Mammoth county, New Jersey. 
The Ward Blackberry is undoubtedly a seedling 
of the Kittatinny, which it closely resembles, 
having all the good qualities of the parent with 
none of its defects. The Ward is a very strong 
grower, perfectly hardy (in New Jersey), the 
fruit black throughout and very prolific. 
BLACKBERRY-RASPBERRY 
(HYBRIDS) 
Logan Berry. (Raspberry-Blackberry.) Judge 
J. H. Logan, of Santa Cruz, is the discoverer of 
this wonderful fruit. It is thought to be raised 
from a cross of the Aughinbaugh Blackberry and 
Red Antwerp Raspberry. The vine grows en- 
tirely unlike the blackberry or raspberry; it trails 
upon the ground like a dewberry. The canes are 
very large, without the thorns of the blackberry, 
but have very fine spines like those found on the 
raspberry. Leaves resemble those of the rasp- 
berry more than of the blackberry, are of a deep 
green color, coarse and thick. An exceedingly 
strong grower and an enormous bearer. The 
fruit is as large as the largest sized blackberry, 
of the same form and shape, a dark bright red 
color when fully ripe, and combines the flavor 
of both the raspberry and the blackberry, having 
a mild and very pleasant vinous flavor not found 
in any other fruit. Raw, it is excellent for the 
table, as also stewed and for jelly and jam it is 
without an equal. Fruit ripens early, the bulk 
being gone before the blackberries or raspberries 
become plentiful. It is firm and a fine shipper. 
The Phenomenal Berry. One of the most val- 
uable of all Luther Burbank’s novelties. It is 
the result of a cross between the Improved Cal- 
ifornia Dewberry and the Cuthbert Raspberry. 
Mr. Burbank describes it as larger than the 
largest berry ever before known, bright crimson 
raspberry color, productive as could be desired 
and the most delicious of all berries for canning 
and drying. The berries grow in clusters, each 
having five to ten or more, and individual berries 
often measure 3 inches around one way by 4 the 
other and weigh one quarter ounce each. Even 
larger ones were weighed and measured last sum- 
mer and when exhibited provoked the question: 
“Will they be sold by the dozen?” 
DEWBERRIES (Rubus Canadensis) 
Austin Improved. From Texas; has been tested 
several years. It is of a glossy, shining black 
color; its very appearance has a tempting effect 
on those who see it. Its flavor is most excellent. 
Lucretia. One of the low-growing, trailing 
Blackberries; in size and quality it equals any of 
the tall-growing sorts. Perfectly hardy, healthy 
and remarkably productive, with large, showy 
flowers. The fruit, which ripens early, is often 
1| inches long by 1 inch in diameter, soft; sweet 
and luscious throughout, with no hard core, ripe 
before late raspberries are gone. Should be 
mulched to keep berries from the ground. We 
highly recommend this variety. 
Premo. A new extra-early Dewberry; very 
large, jet-black, firm and good; ripens its crop 
very fast. The special points in this Dewberry 
are: Ripens 7 to 10 days earlier than Lucretia, 
ripening the crop so fast that it is nearly all gone 
at the second picking of the Lucretia; better and 
firmer quality; foliage darker green and more 
healthy than Lucretia; not inclined to burn when 
hot sun comes. 
CURRANTS ( Rubus ) 
Ripe just before Raspberries are gone, continuing 
in prime order for several weeks, there is no more use- 
ful fruit than the currant, and it is among the easiest to 
cultivate. 
Plant in rows 4 feet apart each way, if practicable. 
Light and air will do as much to enhance the value of cur- 
rant bushes as with other plants. Keep ground mellow, 
free from weeds, and in 
good state of fertility 
and prune freely every 
spring. Should the cur- 
rant-worm appear, dust 
a little white hellebore 
powder, from a small, 
coarse bag, over the 
bushes when the leaves 
are damp. In some in- 
