•SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1899. 
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Guilds’ Everbearing J free 
Blackberry. 
For a blackberry it Is the largest, finest flavored, most 
prolific, fruiting for two months, and requires no stakes. 
It grows from five to seven feet high, branching freely into 
a fine tree form, as seen in the cut, straight and erect. The 
berries are of enormous size, equaled only by the Erie, 
borne in large clusters, which commence to ripen early in 
July and continue into September, making its fruiting 
period nearly two months or more. The finest Blackberries 
we ever ate we picked about September first from some of 
these plants which had been ripening fruit since July 8th. 
They are exceedingly 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 of the country, 
make it the most valuable of all berries for family use. Some 
of our customers who bought it last year report that the 
plants fruited last summer, and berries proved to be the 
largest and finest ever seen, and that the symmetrical 
branching of the plants makes them perfect little trees. 
PRICE— First quality, large and strong. 20c. each; 3 for 
50c.; 12 for $1.50. 
De\Vberry, Edcretia. 
It is a climbing Blackberry, the vine growing very long 
and may be allowed to trail over the ground or may be 
trained up to trellises, like Grapes. It is a sure annual 
bearer, the berries being larger, sweeter and superior in 
every way to Blackberries. The fruit is borne in great 
quantities, and is of a soft pulpy nature, sugary and deli¬ 
cate, and seems to melt in one’s mouth like ice cream. The 
berries are very large, often more than two inches in length, 
a glossy sparkling black color. It is perfectly hardy, and 
does not succor from the roots, but is increased from the tips 
like Black Cap Raspberries. When in bloom in the spring 
it is very ornamental indeed; the flowers appearing in large 
quantity amd are of great size and snowy whiteness. 
Price, 13c. each; 5 for 50c.; 15 for $1.00. 
New Red Blackberry, “Sugarplum.” 
A fine sort which is very odd, beautiful and luscious. 
Fruit large, borne abundantly, very sweet and honey-like, 
and when ripe of a lovely violet red color. A great acqui¬ 
sition. 20c. each; 3 for 50c.; 7 for $1.00. 
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Price —3 for 25c.; 12 for 75c.; 100 for $2.50. 
■ Erie— It is in every sense a superb Blackberry, being enor¬ 
mously prolific, hardy, the fruit large in size, perfect in 
shape, sweet and luscious in quality. Is soft and melting 
to the taste, being rich and sugary to the very core. 
Early Harvest— The earliest Blackberry grown and in every 
way a grand good sort. Often grows eight feet high and 
a perfect mass of fruit from top to bottom. 
