You will allow gamblers in wheat and grain to get your money. You invest in 
mines on paper, and help to boom new western towns that never grow. We ask you, 
wbo have land, to invest in that wbicb will increase tbe value of your property and 
also give a good profit. Not stock on paper, nor city lots by a diagram, but the real 
thing. We ask you to buy plants of the big Blowers Blackberry, the best of all. 
Blowers Blackberry for Wine and Medicinal Purposes 
There are 100 wine cellars between Buffalo and Erie; an average of one for every 
mile of the distance. Nearly all these cellars have bad grape juice labeled blackberry wine. 
The pure food law, which went into effect Oct. 1, 1907, makes it a crime to use a label 
which is not true. The Blowers Blackberry is the true fruit for making wine or brandy 
for medicinal use. 
As the thermometer registers the degree of temperature, and the milk guage the 
quality of milk; there is an instrument which just as accurately tests the quality of any 
fruit. The Wine Companys, G. E. Rykman, Dr. Davis, Fuller & Skinner, Randall & 
Co., Brocton Wine Co. and others, have applied the test to Blowers Blackberry and 
can assure you it is of superior quality. 
For canning, just enough acid to make a sprightly flavor, “retaining its fine form 
and flavor to a remarkable degree. Ask S. W. Persons, David House. P. Z. Ellis, 
A Knight. F. A. Pratt, J. V. Minton, Simonds Bakery, Misses Toles & Watson of 
Westfield; W. B. Mead, Portland; Dr. B. H. Putnam, North East. 
Hardiness 
The Summer of 1902, following the severest Winter ever known, we harvested 
2,240 qts. from 1-3 acre. No damage from cold. Why? B ecause the wood matured 
in the cold weather and the northern exposure prevented too early starting in February 
and March, then the zero weather of latter March did no damage. In another field, 
which we supposed no weather would effect, everything was frozen to the ground. This 
was in a protected hollow; the reflection in March started the buds and the zero weather 
did the rest. We harvested practically no fruit, although at planting we thought the 
hollow was all right. This proves that a northern exposure is best for Blackberries. 
Plant where the sun will not reflect in February or March. So far, with us, the greatest 
damage has been in the latter part of March, after the buds have started. 
Distance Apart to Plant 
After 10 years experience we settled on about the following distances; Rows 8 
ft. apart, 3 ft. in row. This takes about 1,800 plants to the acre. 9 and 10 ft. is a 
waste of ground, and at 5 to 6 ft. the branches interfere. Garden culture rows, 5 to 7 
ft., 1 to 3 ft. in the row. 
Training 
Some people are successful with no trellis, but for convenience and to insure 
against damage by high winds, this support is preferable. Posts about 4 ft. long, cross 
arms 15 to 20 inches. Grape wire stapeled at each end of this cross-arm and running 
both sides of the row. No tieing is necessary. This gives a chance to cultivate 
thoroughly and often. Begin cultivating early and continue through the picking season. 
Any good mulch is proper through harvest. This is necessary in a locality where there 
