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Plants For Every Purpose 
Blackberries and Dewberries 
Blackberries and Dewberries are a profitable small fruit to grow for market; 
they are heavy croppers; the fruit is easy to pick and easy to handle. 
In planting Blackberries, plant them 3 to 5 feet apart in the rows and have the 
rows at least 6 feet apart. Should you wish you may grow them on trelises and 
train them the same way as grapes are grown. Be sure you pinch the canes back 
when they have reached the height of 4 to 5 feet, this will make the side branches 
break and of course you will haVe more berries. 
Austin’s Dewberry. Fruit very large. Enormous bearer. The most productive 
market variety we have ever grown, and is eight to ten days ahead of any other. 
Strong and vigorous grower, and stands our hottest summers perfectly. Free 
from rust. 
Blowers. Among the very hardiest. Large, jet black, sweet; ships well, handles 
well. We recommend it. 
Early Harvest. One of the earliest, if not the very earliest Blackberry yet intro¬ 
duced, ripening two weeks before Wilson’s Early; berry medium size, good 
quality and very prolific; it is firm and very attractive in appearance. 
Eldorado. Berries are very large, jet-black, borne in large clusters, and ripen 
well together; they are very sweet, melting and pleasing to the taste, have no 
hard core, and keep for eight or ten days after packing with quality unimpaired. 
Kittatinny. Idas the habit of continuing long in bearing, and yielding its fruit 
through a period of six to eight weeks. Very large and productive, and of good 
quality. 
Lucretia. This is a trailing Blackberry, or Dewberry; a good grower and produc¬ 
tive ; fruit large and of good flavor. 
Wilson’s Early. A well-known and most valu¬ 
able sort; it is of very large size and very 
productive, ripening its fruit quite early and 
maturing the whole crop in a short time, ad¬ 
ding thereby greatly to its value as a berry 
for early marketing. 
Washington Asparagus. 
Blowers Blackberries. 
Asparagus 
Preparation. For early production, choose a 
light land, and plant rows running north and 
south. Open out with plow, running both ways 
rows 6 feet apart, as deep as possible, and if 
not deep enough, subsoil and dig out to 15 or 18 
inches with spade or shovel; then fill in with 
well-worked manure to about 10 inches of the 
top ; plant crown on top of manure and cover 
lightly with earth. Keep all weeds down first year, and at each working fill in a little soil, and 
in the fall cover with manure, and as soon as weather in the following spring will permit, ridge 
up as high as you can with double plow and rake off smooth with rake. 
Barr’s Mammoth. A fine large sort, grown largely for the Philadelphia market, where it is a 
favorite. The stalks are often an inch in diameter, and retain their thickness nearly to the 
top. Although large, it is tender and of fine flavor. 
Palmetto, or French. Southern origin; ten days earlier than other kinds; valuable for home 
or market; largest, tender; regular growth;. One of the best. 
Washington. A new rust-resistant pedigreed Asparagus. As a standard variety for the pro¬ 
duction of fancy Asparagus for the home market, it stands ahead of all others in size, vigor, 
tenderness, quality, and rust-resistance. 
Rhubarb 
Rhubarb, sometimes called Pic Plant, will grow in any good garden soil, 
but prefers deep, rich, moist location. Plant in rows 4 feet apart with the 
plants 3 feet apart in the row. 
Horseradish 
Every home garden should have Horseradish. It is also a very profitable 
crop to grow for market. It should be planted in good, rich soil early in 
the spring. 
Figs 
Brunswick. Very large; violet; quality excellent; very reliable. Bears 
young, often fruiting in the nursery rows, and is very productive. Equally 
valuable as a dessert fruit or for preserving. 
Brown Turkey. Medium; brown; sweet and excellent; very prolific Most 
reliable for field culture. One of the best varieties for preserving. 
Brown Turkey Figs. 
