C. Lotoett, Little Wilber, J13.3f* ,g 
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EWING’S WONDER BLACKBERRY 
Having received from trustworthy par¬ 
ties most glowing reports of this unique 
blackberry, I am departing from my usual 
custom by offering it before having fruited 
it. In describing it I can therefore give 
only what has been given me, viz.: 
“To Whom It May Concern: 
“The Ewing’s Wonder Blackberry is all 
its name implies and exceeds in produc¬ 
tiveness the most sanguine expectations. 
When the promoter first told us of its 
growth and yield, we were decidedly scepti¬ 
cal and thought he was romancing. A 
visit to the farm and to the blackberry 
field and inquiries made among the neigh¬ 
bors dissipated all doubts. 
“The berry is of medium size, compact 
in structure and of the finest flavor. The 
plants are trained upon arbors, which they 
outgrow rapidly unless their growth has 
been anticipated by the erection of capacious 
Mr. Ewing and trellis of Ewing’s Wonder Blackberry. ° neS ’ and , the fruit clusters something like 
grapes. lhe plants should be planted not 
less than fifteen feet apart, where the patch is a small one; but when there is an extensive field for them, they 
should be from twenty to twenty-five feet apart; for they will need the room. 
"Thirty-eight quarts have been picked from a two year old plant and greater yields have been reported. Run¬ 
ners from the parent stem usually grow not less than twenty-eight feet, and there are to be several of them. Forty 
feet runners in a single year are not unusual and can be found plentifully on the Ewing farm. 
“Farmers who give attention to berry raising cannot afford to be without this plant. 
T. D. Sensor, Dean of the Cape May Summer School of Agriculture. 
Franklin Dye, Secretary State Board of Agriculture. 
Robert E- Hand, State Senator. 
Aaron W. Hand, Editor “Star and Wave.” 
Strong plants, each 75c; dozen, $7.50. 
LA GRANGE 
The introducer describes it thus: “This berry is a 
Russian product, having been brought from that Arctic 
country fourteen years ago, and has been fruited by Mr. 
Ea Grange in Vermilion County, Illinois, for the past 
twelve years, and in that time has not received any in¬ 
jury from cold winters. It is the hardiest berry yet 
introduced; it grows on canes like the Eawton or Snyder, 
but differs from them as regards fruit stems. This plant 
sends out its fruit stems from the ground up and each 
fruit stem has ample foliage, each berry having a leaf. 
The fruit ripens in the shade, which materially adds to 
its flavor. Other varieties produce their truit mostly at 
the top of the canes, which are almost bare of foliage, 
and consequently are often sun-scalded. When the ber- 
lies from the first bloom are about two-thirds grown, 
there comes on a second crop of bloom as profuse as the 
first; in ripening one cannot tell when the berries from 
the first blooms end and where fruits from second 
blooms begin. The first fruit ripens about July 10th and 
remains in bearing from thirty to thirty-five days. It is 
not an everbearer. It is very productive, one-ninth of an 
acre yielding 571 quarts. Rev. J. R. Reasoner estimated 
5,000 quarts per acre. It is free from any hard care, 
and has but few seeds. The best and largest berry yet 
produced, sixty-five berries filling a quart box full; a 
single berry measuring four and a half inches in cir¬ 
cumference. Prof. Forbes says it is freer from disease 
than any Blackberry he has ever seen.” 
Has not yet fruited at Monmouth, but the canes have 
made a beautiful growth and proved to be absolutely 
hardy. Root cutting plants, doz., 75c; 100, $4.00; 1000, 
$30.00. 
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