36 THE W. F. ALLEN CO., SALISBURY, MD. 
Black Diamond 
THANKS FOR PROMPTNESS 
I received my plants in first-class 
ondition, and they are all planted 
and growing fine. Thank 
you for your prompt ship¬ 
ment.— -Otto Knoeble, 
Orange County, Cali¬ 
fornia, Mar. 15, 1975. 
BLACK AND PURPLE 
RASPBERRIES 
Black Diamond. 
Black. This 
is a good one. 
Sweet and sugary in flavor, with 
fruit almost as large as Kansas. An 
extremely popular variety in western 
New York, where it is largely grown. 
Altogether this is a very superior 
Blackcap, producing fruit of 
large size, firm and of high qual¬ 
ity; with prolific canes of strong 
growth, iron-clad hardiness and 
great resistance to anthracnose. 
The fruit is said to be the sweet¬ 
est of all black Raspberries. It 
is a good shipper, and for evap¬ 
orating, canning and home con¬ 
sumption it ranks very high. 
This new 
Blackcap was 
introduced a few years ago from 
Kansas and it certainly is a 
winner. The fruit is glossy jet- 
black, very large, firm and plenti¬ 
ful. It ripens with the very 
earliest and comes on so fast 
that its immense crop is gone 
inside of fifteen days from the 
time the first berries ripen. The 
canes are healthy, vigorous and 
hardy, and we regard this as one 
of the very best varieties in our 
it certainly is the best very 
variety either for the home 
or for market. You will 
miss something really good if 
you fail to. include this in your 
order. See illustration, page 37. 
Black Pearl. 
Kansas (see page 37). Handsome, firm and of fine quality 
