Blackberries 
Varieties You Can Pick From April 'Til November 
The Advance Blackberry —The Advance 
has always been very much earlier than 
any other blackberry grown in Califor¬ 
nia. It starts ripening about three weeks 
earlier than Gardena dewberries. In the 
more sheltered sections of San Diego 
and Ventura counties, growers often 
start selling Advance blackberries in 
March, and they ripen in other sections 
of California during April, or by May 
first, nearly a month ahead of other 
blackberries. 
They should not be planted in the 
colder districts, especially where there 
is danger of late frosts, because they 
blossom so very early. In size they are 
about average with most common black¬ 
berries, but they are very much firmei- 
than ordinary blackberries which makes 
them much better for shipping. We ship 
them as far east as Albuquerque with¬ 
out refrigeration. 
There are two strains of the Advance 
variety which have to be properly mixed 
for best pollination. If your order con¬ 
tains Advance, these two strains will be 
tied separately so that you can plant al¬ 
ternately in your rows. 
The Advance blackberry is an evei‘- 
green. We recommend it being planted 
only in the warmer sections of Califor¬ 
nia, Arizona, south Texas, the Gulf 
States and Florida. 
Prices prepaid for Advance. 
Bach 15c, 10 for $1.25, 25 for $2.50, 50 
for $4.00, 100 for $5.50, 1000 for $45.00. 
Macatawa Blackberry. (Sometime.® 
called Macatawa Everbearing.) It is a 
blackberry that is really sweet. We con¬ 
sider this variety an improved, selected 
strain of the old Crandall blackberry. It 
is bush type requiring no support after 
the first season. The fruit is uniformly 
medium size, very sweet, and firm, with 
few seeds and practically no core. It 
bears an exceedingly heavy crop through 
June and July and usually another light 
crop of very large berries in the fall. It 
is from this characteristic that it de¬ 
rives the name Everbearing. 
This variety will produce satisfactory 
crops under a wider range of soils and 
under more adverse conditions than any 
other blackberry we have ever seen. In 
all the years that we have been growing 
them we have never had a crop failure 
nor even a short crop. Year after year 
we pick heavy crops of high quality 
fruit which our customers often refer to 
as genuine blackberries. 
It is the best mid-season blackberry 
for the home gardener because it never 
fails to bear abundant crops, which last 
over quite a long season; and because 
the fruit is fine for eating fresh as well 
as for canning. Ten plants will plant a 
row forty feet long that will yield crates 
of berries. 
It is the best mid-season blackberry 
for the commercial grower because of 
its hardness, its immense yields, and 
because the public likes the berry and 
buys it freely. 
Plant 5 feet apart in rows 8 feet 
across, requiring 1000 plants per acre. 
Prices, Prepaid—Each 15c, 10 for $1.00, 
25 for $2.00, 50 for $3.00, 100 focr $4.50, 
1000 for $35.00. 
One Branch of Macatawa Blackberries 
One-quarter Actual Size 
Brainard Blackberry —This berry was 
developed by the U. S. Dept, of Agricul¬ 
ture. It is a cross between the Hima¬ 
laya and an eastern blackberry. It grows 
like a Himalaya, but at a number of 
places where it has been tried it has 
proved even more prolific. One grower 
who got plants from us in 1933 reports 
chat he picked twelve bas.kets from a 
single plant at one picking last summer. 
U. S. Dept, of Agriculture, circular No. 
220, recommends the Brainard for trial 
in all of the warmer sections of the Pa¬ 
cific coast and the southern part of the 
U. S. from Maryland to Texas. This 
berry is so well thought of by the Dept, 
of Agriculture that we feel it should be 
tried at once over as much territory as 
is possible with the small number of 
plants that are now available. To get 
wider distribution without delay we are 
offering the plants that we have in small 
lots only, Brainard ripens in the late 
summer after most other varieties are 
gone. Plant ten feet apart in rows eight 
feet across. Four plants will set out a 
row forty feet long. 
Prices prepaid—each 20c; 10 for $1.75; 
25 for $3.00; 50 for $5.00; 100 for $8.00. 
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