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G. H & J. H. HALE'S CATALOGUE OF 
Blackberries should be planted in rows eight feet apart, plants two to three feet in 
a row. They do not require as heavy soil or manuring as raspberries. Pinch or cut 
off* the tops when three feet high. 
When to be sent by mail, add 15 cents per dozen, 40 cents for fifty, and 75 cents 
per hundred to the prices affixed. 
VARIETIES AND PRICES. 
KITTATINNY.—Vigorous, hardy, and prolific. One of the reliable old sorts. 
50 cents per dozen ; $ 1.50 per 100 ; §10 per 1000 . 
WACHUSE'IT THORNLESS. —A grand berry for the family garden , especially at 
the North, as it is perfectly hardy; strong, vigorous canes, free from thorns; fruit of 
good size and fine flavor; ripens medium to late, and continues in bearing for a long 
time, often into September. Productive under high culture, but will not thrive on dry, 
thin soils, and with the slovenly culture so often given to the blackberry. 75 cents per 
dozen ; $3 per 100 ; $20 per 1000 . 
SNYDER.—The one great blackberry for market in the far North, as it is the 
most vigorous, hardiest, productive, and reliable of all; has never been known to 
winter-kill, even in the Northwest, with 25 to 30 degrees below zero. Fruit of medium 
size and good quality: ripens medium to late. 50 cents per dozen; $2 per 100 ; $12 
per 1000. 
LUCRETIA DEWBERRY (True )—Who is there that has ever tested the wild 
Dewberry of our fields that has not longed for some variety that would thrive well 
under cultivation, and although a number of varie¬ 
ties have been tested, none of them have proved to 
be of much value, till the introduction of the Lucre- 
tia, which was discovered in West Virginia some 
years ago. The plant is perfectly hardy and healthy, 
and remarkably productive. The flowers are very 
large and showy. The fruit, which ripens with the 
Mammoth Cluster Raspberry, is often one and one- 
half inches long, by one inch in diameter, soft, sweet and 
luscious throughout, without any hard center or core. 
It is the best of the Blackberry family ; as hardy as 
Snyder, and productive as any. The berries are far 
larger and incomparably better than any Blackberry. As 
the Dewberry roots only from the tips, and does not 
sprout like blackberries, it will be much more desir¬ 
able for garden culture, and the trailing habit of the 
plant will render winter protection easily accom¬ 
plished, in cold climates, where that precaution may 
be necessary. It may either be allowed to trail on 
the ground, or be trained to a trellis, wall, or fence, 
or over stumps, rockeries, etc. Its great profusion of 
large, showy white flowers in spring, followed by the 
clusters of beautiful fruit, together with its handsome, 
glossy foliage, render this an interesting plant at all 
seasons. It has proved very satisfactory wherever 
tried, and is recommended with the greatest confi¬ 
dence. Any collection of fruits will be incom¬ 
plete without tiie Lucretia, and, ripening as it does before any other blackberry, it must 
prove extremely profitable as a market berry, especially at the North. Inferior varieties 
are being offered for this and at less price. Be sure and get the true Lucretia. $1 per 
<lozen ; §G per 100. 
