122 
JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y. 
For a blackberry i 
It is the largest, fin- \ 
ost flavored, most 
prolific, fruiting 
for two months, 
airl requires no stakes. This 
fine novelty of which we 
control the entlro stock, is 
surely one of the most desirable new things 
we ever offered, and what we say of it we 
speak from wbat we have seen and tested, 
and not from what others say. It (trows 
from5 to 7 feet high, branching freely into 
i tine tree form, as seen in the cut, strui(tht 
and erect, requiring no slake. The berries 
are of enormous size equalled only by the 
Brie; borne in (treat clusters which com¬ 
mence to ripen early in July and continue into September, making its fruiting period 
fully two months or more. The finest Blackberries we ever ate we picked about Sep¬ 
tember first from some of these plauts which had been ripening fruit since JulyStli. 
They are exceeding sweet, juicy and delicious, melting in the mouth without a particle 
of hardcore, its delicate flavor, great productiveness, enormous size, long season of 
bearing and perfect hardiness in the coldest parts ol‘ the country, make it the most 
valuable of all berries for family use. Home of our customers who bought, it last spring 
report that the plants fruited last summer, and the berries proved to be the largest and 
finest ever seen, and that the symmetrical branching of the plants makes 1 hem perfect, 
little trees. 
Price—F irst, quality, large and strong, 50c. eaeli; 3 for §1.00. 
Mr. K. S. Black. Monmouth Co., N. J., August 14tli, 1880, says: " l am not surprised to 
hoar of the enormous sale your Tree Blackberry is having. When it was growing hero 
on the place of which I am foreman, visitors who saw it have offered me §5 each for one 
or more plants of it. Its straight, stout and symmetrical growth and loads of large and 
most luscious berries borne for so long a period, place it at the head of all Blackberries 
for family use.” 
Mrs. ft. A. Barton, Santa Ana, Cal..says : ••Received the Winelierrv and Tree Currant; they are growing finely. If they 
dons well as your Tree Blackberry I shall be more than pleased with them. Have taken up all other Blackberries as we 
want nothing but the Tree." 
