BLACKBERRIES —CURRANTS —GOOSEBERRIES 
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Blackberries 
Every garden ought to have some Blackberries in it; 
they usually come into bearing the following year after 
they are set out in the spring; they fruit after the Rasp¬ 
berries are gone and before the stone fruits are ripe. 
They make wonderful pies, short-cakes, the most deli¬ 
cious jam, the juices can be made into material for 
beverages that are healthful as well as pleasing and 
refreshing and the markets are always glad to buy the 
surplus. There are few shrubs with white flowers more 
strikingly handsome when in bloom than the cultivated 
Blackberry; it is ornamental in any shrubbery bed. If 
you plant for home use then measure the success of your 
planting by the regularity of the supply for the home 
and by the satisfaction you derive from having fresh 
fruit right at hand. 
Blowers. A native of Western New York State. The 
berries are large size, jet black, and of delicious qual¬ 
ity—a good shipper, making it a fK)pular and profit¬ 
able market variety. Bush is vigorous, is hardy and 
bears heavily. See illustration of Blowers Black¬ 
berry to the right. 
Early Harvest. Valuable as one of the earliest; berries 
of medium size and good quality; strong grower and 
exceedingly prolific. 
Eldorado. Is very hardy, enduring the winters of the 
far northwest with safety, very productive. Large 
full clusters of evenly ripened fruit, sweet and of good 
quality. 
Lucretia Dewberry. Trails on the ground instead of 
growing upright; similar to the Blackberries, but is 
earlier and sweeter and not so hardy; berries very 
large, black and shining; tasty, delicate and entirely 
distinct. 
Snyder. Another productive variety which is very 
hardy. Fruit is early, medium sweet and of good size. 
Entirely free from hard core which so many varieties 
have. An old and long tried Blackberry. 
PERFECTION CURRANT 
Fine for jelly. Moat popular because of 
its heavy fruiting qualities 
BLOWERS BLACKBERRY 
Currants and Gooseberries 
A revision of the W hite Pine Blister Bust regula¬ 
tions makes it impossible for anyone to sell, trans¬ 
port or plant Currants or Gooseberries in various 
States, inasmucb as Currants ami (Gooseberries 
are carriers of White Pine Blister Bust which 
seriously affects wheat fields and pines. 
BEFEB TO PBICE LIST #25 FOB (^IIABANTINE 
ABEAS WIIEBE THE SALE OF CUBBANTS AND 
GOOSEBEBBIES ABE PBOIIIBITED. 
Currants and Gooseberries fit into your house-garden, 
or you should give them a place in your back yard— 
their fruit is desirable for home and at small expense— 
you want to make jellies and both have a large amount 
of pectin, a necessity for successful jelly making—you 
want to “put up” jams, preserves and conserves—you 
want fresh Currant and Gooseberry fruits on the table— 
you want Currant and Gooseberry pies and tarts—the 
juices are an attractive addition to your supply of re¬ 
freshing fruit beverages (Currant juice being esi)ecially 
pleasing)—spiced Currants make one of the best relishes 
for meats. 
Pick your Gooseberry fruit for home use w hen fruit is 
ripe—don’t pick it green—then the fruit is delicious. 
Currant and Gooseberry fruit is desirable when used 
with Raspberries and Blackberry fruit. Bushes are 
hardy—with ordinary care will bear abundantly and 
regularly—both will grow planted along the back fence 
in the shade, in fact the shade of trees protects the fruit 
from sun scald and the foliage seems to thrive in such 
locations—can be used as a hedge to separate the garden 
—are not out of place in a yard, as they both have an 
ornamental value and will add beauty to a place, pos¬ 
sibly not to plant out near the street but in the side yard 
if you have no garden in which to plant. Planted com- 
