Ente 24. Yow NESSBERRIES 
Developed by the Texas A. & M. College 
In 1913 the late Helge Ness of the Texas Agricultural Experiment 
Station, crossed the wild dewberry with a red raspberry. A selection from 
the second generation introduced as the NESSBERRY, but it had some 
objectionable features; so Ness crossed his hybrid back to the wild dew- 
berry; and later, Dr. Yarnell self-pollinated some of the Ness backcrosses, 
bringing out three outstanding selections suitable for both home and 
commercial production, named as follows: 
BLACKBERRY 
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Six Gallons of Blackberries 
from One Plant 
This unusual blackberry blooms here after May 
10th and escapes frosts. Berries start to ripening 
about June 20th and continue through July and 
August. The originator gave us the following 
information: 
“The first year’s growth is inclined to droop to 
the ground; second and third year they put out 
two to six tree-like canes that attain a height of 
four to six feet.” : 
“The fruits,are round, good size, yet enough 
acid for jams and jellies. Excellent keeper, has 
rubber-like skin but not tough, making it a 
wonderful shipper. Plants are very thorny, but 
berries grow on a long fruit stem in clusters of 
seven to thirty berries. Ninety percent of the fruit 
on our vines grows on limbs extending above 
the thorns. 
“The fruit is borne up off the ground and 
ninety-five percent is free from dirt, regardless 
of weather. From a two-year old plant we have 
gathered three gallons, or 24 pounds. Three-year 
plants have broken all records with a yield of 6 
gallons, or 48 pounds of fruit from one plant, 
or at the rate of more than 7!/, tons per acre, 
planted 12x12 feet, without any fertilizer.’ 
“We now have some 325 five-year-old plants 
from which we sold their entire crop this year at 
$1.00 to $1.35 per gallon, there being no other 
berries on the market when they ripen. Fine 
commercial possibilities.’’ 
“They have shown no sign of disease. People 
in towns and cities may grow all the berries 
they can use from six plants in the yard or 
small-garden.’’ 
Price: 60c each; 3 for $1.50; 6 for $2.00 not 
prepaid. 
POSTPAID: 3 for $2.25; 6 for $3.00. 
EARLY WONDER BLACKBERRY. (Same as 
Dew-Black). We recommend this as the 
best of all blackberries. Tasty, sweet, 
disease-resistant, and a marvelous pro- 
ducer. 10 Plants, $1.45; 25, $3.45; 50, 
$6.45. Heavy 2-yr. plants same price as 
Nessberries. 
\\ AUSTIN DEWBERRY. For many years our 
leading dewberry. Plants lc. 
\ EARLI-NESS. A delightfully flavored, very 
large black berry, outstanding in earli- 
ness, actually ripening the latter part 
of April at Arlington, several weeks be- 
fore Austin Dewberry or Early Wonder 
\ Blackberry. Vigorous and productive. 
BIG-NESS. Delightful flavor. Outstanding 
for size. Too soft for shipping, but be- 
cause of size and earliness, a very de- 
sirable home garden variety. Very vig- 
orous grower. Large seeds. Berry is 
amazingly large in size. 
“REGAL-NESS. Comes into production 
about a week later than Earli-Ness, but 
similar in fruit and vine characters. It 
was selected as the best commercial 
berry of the three, and is acid enough 
to can. 
All three Nessberries are nearer in habit 
of growth to the blackberry than to the 
dewberry. They grow long canes that may 
grow 15 ft. in one season; so in order to 
keep the fruit clean, grow canes on a 
single wire trellis about 30 inches above 
the ground. The berries are among the 
largest, and in flavor they seem to retain 
some of their raspberry ancestry. I have 
never eaten a blackberry that I have en- 
joyed any more than the Nessberries— 
they have a flavor all of their own. 
903 a Pleasure ta Pich 
PRICES: Regalness Plants 35¢ each, 10 for 
$3.50 Postpaid. 
NOTE: Owing to the similarity of the 
plants it is possible that there is some 
mixture of the three Nessberries in our 
fields. However, they are all excellent ber- 
ries, very similar, and we don't think this 
makes much difference. 
Early-to-Bear 2-year Berry Plants 
These are the usual plants that were set 
in our nursery and grown for a season, 
giving very large, heavy plants, very de- 
sirable for home planting. 
Not Prepaid Postpaid 
3 Plants $1.95 $2.75 
10 plants $5.95 9 6195 
VARIETIES: Early-Ness, Big-Ness, Regal- 
ness, Everbearing Tree Blackberry, 
Rosamond Early Thornless, Early Won- 
der. 
5-Sitar 
BERRY SPECIAL 
2—2-yr.-old Nessberries 
2—2-yr.-old Early Wonders 
1—2-yr.-old Everbearing Tree 
Blackberry 
IL 5 Postpaid in Tex.-Okla.-Ark.-La. 
$3.45 
GRAY’S New THORNLESS May Blackberry 
““The ‘ROSAMOND EARLY THORNLESS”’ 
A new berry brought to us by W. S. Rosamond who obtained it from a patch found 
growing on the banks of Red River in Oklahoma. When the big thicket was discovered, 
there were only very few berries—for this berry needs another berry like Early Wonder 
as a pollenizer. It is a very heavy producer; semi-upright, needs no support. 
Never before offered for sale; be the first to plant it in your 
than sweet; small seeds. 
garden. 
More acid 
Price: Early-to-Bear 2-yr. plants only. See Nessberry prices. 
VISY 
REGAL - NESS 
GRAYWAY’S GIANT THORNLESS 
BOYSENBERRY 
The largest berry 
we have ever 
grown. Think of 
raising berries two 
inches long! We 
could hardly be- 
lieve our eyes when 
we first saw them. 
Hardy, vigorous 
canes 15 to 20 feet 
long, covered with 
enormous berries 
growing on a trellis, 
up and out of the 
dirt. 
® Not many seeds. 
A distinctive flavor 
reminding of com- 
bination loganber- 
ry, blackberry and 
raspberry. Firmer 
for shipping and 
canning than 
Youngberry. l5c Ea. 
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