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A. B. Hood 6 Co.’s Descriptive Catalogue 
Erie Blackberries 
SELECT BLACKBERRIES 
apart. 3 to 5 feet in the rows. Keep the 
Pinch the canes hack when tliey Itave readied 4 feet in height 
Should be planted in rows 6 to 7 feet 
ground light and rich. 
Eldorado. A description by the intro- 
ducer : “Like many of our best fruits, 
I'ddorado is an accidental seedling and 
takes its name from the town close by 
where It was found, in Preble county, 
Ohio. It has been cultivated twelve years, 
and under careful test at different e.xperi- 
ment stations for four years has never 
winter-killed or failed to iiroduce a full 
crop of the finest fruit. The vines are 
very vigorous and hardy, enduring the 
winters of the far Northwe.st without in- 
jury, and their yield is enormous. The 
berries are very large, jet black, borne in 
large clusters, and ripen well together ; 
they are very sweet, melting and pleasing 
to the taste, have no hard core, and keep 
for eight or ten days after picking with 
quality unimpaired. 
Erie. For four years we have been 
growing this new berry, and it is the most 
vigorous and healthy plant of any black- 
berry we have ever grown, and thus far 
absolutely hardy. \'ery productive of 
berries of the largest size, coal-black, firm 
and solid, and sells in the market at 
highest prices ; fine form and ripens early. 
Is being e.xtensively planted both in family 
and market gardens. 
Early Harvest. One of the earliest, if 
not the \ery earliest Blackberry yet intro- 
duced, ripening two weeks before Wil- 
son’s Karly ; berry medium size, good 
(luality and very prolific ; it is firm and 
very attractive in apjrearance. A good 
market sort. 
Iceberg. A new white Blackberrx ; was 
originated by Luther Burbank ; clusters 
large ; berries as large, earlier, sweeter 
and more tender throughout than the 
Lawton ; white ; transparent. 
Lucrelia. This is a trailing Blackberry, 
or Dewberry ; a good grower and produc- 
tive ; fruit large and of good flavor. 
Snyder. The one great Blackberry for 
market in the far North, as it is the most 
vigorous, hardy, productive and reli.ible 
of all ; has never been known to winter- 
kill, even in the Northwest, with 2,5 to 30 
degrees below zero P'ruit of medium size 
and good quality ; ripens medium to late. 
Wilson’s Early. A well-known and most 
valuable sort ; it is of very large .size and 
very productive, ripening its fruit (piite 
early and maturing the whole crop in a 
.short time, adding thereby greatly to its 
value as a berry for early m.irketing. 
There has been more fruit grown of this 
variety during the last twenty years than 
all other sorts combined. 
Wilson, Jr. A seedling of Wilson's 
Early; said to inherit all the good quali- 
ties of its parent, besides being large and 
earlier. Probably the best early lilack- 
berry yet introduced. 
“Enclosed find check to cover bill. Trees are satisfactory and am pleased with them. Thanks." 
■C'. J. Frknch, Coakley, Va., April 6, 
