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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. >. 
Childs' Everbearing TreeBlackberrg. 
With the exception of our great Japanese Wineberry no 
fruit novelty has ever hail the tremendous sale which this 
wonderful Tree Blackberry has had during the past, live 
years. It is of distinct habit, growing five or six feet high, 
and branching freely into a line symmetrical tree form, 
always straight and erect, and of such stout growth 
yiP that it never requires slaking. The berriesare of very 
iJv large size, and in quality much the finest of any 
ftHtta Blackberry in cultivation : very pulpy, juicy, exceeil- 
aW W.r ] ingly sweet and fine-flavored. cv«n to the very core. 
The seeds are small, and the fruit scemsto melt, away 
In one's mouth 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 Septem¬ 
ber, making its fruiting period two months or more. The 
finest Blackberries we ever saw we picked about September 
first from some of these trees which had been ripening their 
trait since Jnlv 8tb. Its delicate flavor, great productive¬ 
ness, enormous size, long season of bearingand perfect hardi¬ 
ness 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. It often fruits considerable the first, 
season, and is sure to fruit abundantly the second season 
We have the most flattering rephrts on it from all parts of 
the country. This was the only Blackberry which did not 
winter-kill with us last Winter. Even wild ones were killed 
to the. ground by the unusual severity of the weather. Price, 
first qualit y, large and strong, 25c. each; 3 for 60c.; 5 for Shut); 
12 for $2.00:30 for $4.00: 100 for $12.00. 
Sir. E. S. Black. Monmouth Co., N. J.. says: “lam not 
surprised to hear of the enormous sale your Tree Blackberry 
is having. When it was growing here on the place of which 
I am foreman, visitors who saw it have offered me $5.00each 
for one or more plants of it. Itsstraight, 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.” 
