. Descriptive catalogue of the Jewell Nursery Co. Nursery stock Minnesota Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 35 the beating storms. The fruit is superior for cooking, canning and preserves, and if left on the vines until well ripened, is one of the best for dessert, and will hang on ten days or more alter turning black. It seems to us, that at least on the prairies of the Northwest—the land of high winds, bliz- zards and forty degrees below zero, where all varieties of the blackberry must have winter protec- tion—the hardy dewberrj'
. Descriptive catalogue of the Jewell Nursery Co. Nursery stock Minnesota Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 35 the beating storms. The fruit is superior for cooking, canning and preserves, and if left on the vines until well ripened, is one of the best for dessert, and will hang on ten days or more alter turning black. It seems to us, that at least on the prairies of the Northwest—the land of high winds, bliz- zards and forty degrees below zero, where all varieties of the blackberry must have winter protec- tion—the hardy dewberrj' must become popular, for the following reasons: It is of low spread- ing growth, the fruit and canes are not injured by our high winds, nor the canes injured by being broken by snow banks. The vines are as easily given winter protection by mulching as the straw- berry. Improved Dwarf Junetoerry.—The Juneberry is one of the most valuable berries, and it should be planted on every farm in the West. The wood is hard and firm and endui'cs the extremes of our climate without injury. Its leaves are dark, glossy green and very much resemble the pear. The plant propagates from suckers. The flowers appear about the same time as the apple. The petals are white and five in number. The fruit is borne in clusters like the currant and ripens in June. Its size equals the wild gooseberry; shape roiuid ; color a reddish purple at first and becomes a bluish black when fully ripened. Its flavor approaches the huckleberry, a mild, very rich, sub-acid. Most people like its quality and pronounce it delicious. It may be served with sugar and cream or cooked as sauce, and is splendid canned for winter use. The plant is about the height and form of the currant bush. It produces fruit in enormous quantities and bears every year. It is also perfectly hardy, not being injured by wet, cold or dry weather, and needs no special treatment. Rabbits do not injure it, and it will grow readily with only a s
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