AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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THE NEW BLACKBERRY. 
Above we present an illustration of this 
comparatively new variety of Blackberry, 
which we have so strongly commended to 
the attention of our readers during the past 
two years. We think no one will be sur¬ 
prised at our good opinion of this fruit, 
when we inform them that the above cut 
gives a fair representation of the actual size, 
as well as of the general appearance of a 
cluster of berries no larger than many we 
have seen, handled and tasted. As we 
stated last year, notwithstanding the extra¬ 
ordinary size of the fruit—30 to 40 of the 
medium size berries filling a pint measure, 
as we have repeatedly proved by trial—still 
it has a delicious flavor, and it contains com¬ 
paratively very few seeds. The great 
productiveness, the easy culture, and the 
hardiness of the plant adapt it to general 
cultivation, in almost all soils and in most 
locations. We are in no way interested in 
the sale of this plant, not yet having enough 
for home consumption, but we think every 
one of our readers who may be led by our 
representations to secure at least half a 
dozen or more plants the coming Autumn 
will be positively benefited thereby. We 
are glad to learn from our advertising 
columns that there is a much larger supply 
of plants offered for sale than heretofore, 
and that the prices are reasonable. It will 
not be difficult for five or six or more neigh¬ 
bors to club together and get fifty or a hun¬ 
dred plants at the lowest rates. By this 
plan the expense of transportation will also 
be light. 
We advise Fall transplanting as the best 
for blackberry vines, though, except at the 
far South, those planted early in the Spring 
will thrive well. We set out seven plants 
on the 20th of May, the present year, four 
of which are growing at this date. The 
other three have no leaves upon them, 
though two are still green at the lower part 
of the stalk. 
A word as to the'hardiness of the plant: 
Happening in South Norwalk, Conn., on 
the 24th ult., we took a ramble over the 
grounds of Messrs. George Seymour & Co., 
where, in 1854, we first saw the New-Ro- 
chelle or Lawton Blackberry growing in 
large quantities, at which time we described 
it at some length in Vol. XII. at page 321. 
We found that this year Seymour & Co. 
have full six acres of young vines, all in 
vigorous growth, notwithstanding the severe 
cold they were subjected to last Winter. 
Most of the wood formed last Summer was 
cut down the past Spring, in order to induce 
the starting of young vines from the roots, 
to meet the increasing demand for plants. 
Still, we found scattered here and there a 
sufficient number of old plants to show that 
they have lost none of their reputation for 
perpetual bearers. At the date above named, 
(24th ult.,) the berries had commenced 
ripening and the vines were literally loaded 
down with large clusters. Single canes 
contained from forty to seventy-five and 
even more, of clusters as large as the one 
figured in the cut at the head of this article. 
We should ourselves hardly credit this 
statement at second hand. 
In regard to the effects of the last Winter, 
we learn that they stood the cold much bet¬ 
ter than the wild varieties, growing near by, 
and under similar circumstances. Mr. Sey¬ 
mour informed us that many of the larger 
canes were nipped at the top, and some of 
them were killed down to the surface of the 
snow, though wherever the last year’s 
growth was hot cut down to make way for 
the young plants we found a sufficiency of 
