SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1898. 
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Guilds’ Ever-Bearing Tree Blackberry. 
With the exception of our great Japanese Wineberry no 
fruit novelty has ever had the tremendous sale which this 
wonderful Tree Blackberry has had during the past five 
years. It is of distinct habit, growing five or six feet high 
and branching freely into a fine symmetrical tree form, 
always straight and erect and of such stout growth that it 
never requires staking. The berries are of very large size, 
and in quality much the finest of any Blackberry in culti¬ 
vation; very pulpy, juicy, exceedingly sweet and fine-flav¬ 
ored even to the very core. The seeds are small, and the 
fruit seems to melt away in one's mout h like snow. The 
berries are of uniform size and very handsome, borne in 
great clusters, and commence to ripen early in July and 
continue until long into September, making its fruiting 
period two months or more. The finest blackberries we 
over saw we picked about September first from some of 
these trees which had been ripening their fruit since July 
8 th. Its delicate flavor, great productiveness, enormous 
size, long season of bearing and perfect hardiness make it 
one of the most valuable and desirable of all berries for 
home use We believe it to be one of the most desirable 
novelties we ever brought out, and what we say about it is 
from personal knowledge as we have grown it for six or 
seven years, ft often fruits considerable the first season 
and is sure to fruit abundantly the second season We 
have the most flattering reports on it from all parts of the 
country. 
Price, first quality, large and strong, ^Oc. each; J for 50c.; 
V? for $1.50. 
Mr. E. S. Black, Monmouth Co., X. J., says: “ 1 am not 
surprised to hear of the enormous sale your Tree Blackberry 
is having. When it was growing here on the nlace of which 
1 am foreman, visitors who saw it have offeree me $5.00 each 
for one or more plants of it. Its straight, stout and symmet¬ 
rical growth and loads of large and most luscious berries 
borne for so long a period, place it at the head of all black¬ 
berries for family use." 
