. Descriptive catalogue and price list of the Hillside Nursery and Fruit Farm : high grade fruits and plants. Nurseries (Horticulture) Michigan Bridgman Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Fruit; Fruit trees. Blackberries. Many kinds of Blackberries will succeed, not only on good fruit land, but even on the most sandy porous soils. They require the same treatment as rec- ommended for raspberries, but in field culture should be planted in rows from live to seven feet apart, (according to the strength of the variety), and three feet distant in the
. Descriptive catalogue and price list of the Hillside Nursery and Fruit Farm : high grade fruits and plants. Nurseries (Horticulture) Michigan Bridgman Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Fruit; Fruit trees. Blackberries. Many kinds of Blackberries will succeed, not only on good fruit land, but even on the most sandy porous soils. They require the same treatment as rec- ommended for raspberries, but in field culture should be planted in rows from live to seven feet apart, (according to the strength of the variety), and three feet distant in the rows; in garden culture plant rows five feet apart and plant three feet distant in the rows. The pruning should be governed by the growth of the cane and should be severe. Pinch back the canes in summer when three feet High, causing them to throw out laterals. Ohmer—The source from which this fine new blackberry comes should of itself be a sufficient guarantee of its value and promise, for the originator is no less than N. Ohmer, of Ohio, the originator of the celebrated Gregg rasp- berry, and one of the most extensive and successful small fruit growers in the United States. In this case, the bearing of his own name is an evidence of his high opinion of the variety, and his judgment is that of an experienced grower. It will very acceptably fill a place now empty and supply the existing demand for a profitable, large, late blackberry. In both plant and fruit it is all that can be desired, the canes being entirely hardy (having passed through sixteen de- grees below zero uninjured , of strong vigorous growth and immensely produc- tive; foliage tough, healthy and free from rust. The berries are large, jet black, gloss}- and attractive, firm and of sweet, rich flavor, tender and .good. It ripens about with Taylor's Prolific, but its larger size causes it to sell at higher prices, and it would seem that this is to be the standard late market variety for which its great merits so w
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