. Spring 1901. Nursery stock Ohio New Carlisle Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. Early King, the Large Eari,y Bi^ackberry. 17. EARLY KING. An extra early and exceedingly hardy variety of great merit. Canes of strong giowth, as hardy as Snyder, and very prolific. It is larger and earlier than Early Harvest, and its delicious sweetness renders it of special value for the home garden. It is also free of double blossoms, rust or other disease. It has been thoroughly tested at the North, and has given very general sa
. Spring 1901. Nursery stock Ohio New Carlisle Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. Early King, the Large Eari,y Bi^ackberry. 17. EARLY KING. An extra early and exceedingly hardy variety of great merit. Canes of strong giowth, as hardy as Snyder, and very prolific. It is larger and earlier than Early Harvest, and its delicious sweetness renders it of special value for the home garden. It is also free of double blossoms, rust or other disease. It has been thoroughly tested at the North, and has given very general satisfaction. Highly recommended by the experiment stations. Growers coin money on the variety on account of its hardiness, large size and earliness. The only large early berry grown. Many dealers send out Early Harvest plants for this variety, as the genuine stock is very scarce. Our plants are fine and true to name. Be sure to add it to your collection. Price, 50c. per dozen; $ per 100. ICBBERQ. Raised by I^uther Burbank, the "Wizard of Horticulture," whose originations have world-wide fame and value. The following is Mr. Burbank's own description of White Blackberry Iceberg. He says: "Owing to the somewhat unsatisfactory qual- ities of white blackberries so far known, the impression may have been entertained by some that no white blackberry could be as productive and hardy, with berries as early, abundant, large, handsome and delicious as the best black ones. The well known Lawton is, when ripened, unsurpassed, and very generally known as the most productive market berry. Owing to its fixity of race, it will reproduce itself from seed rilmost exactly, and its seedlings will not be in- nuenced. when raised from seed pollenated by other varieties, but it readily imparts its good qualities when employed as the staminate par- ent. One of the great-grandparents of Iceberg was Lawton. The first generation of seedlings, when crossed with Crystal White, was all blac
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