. Everything for the fruit grower : 1899. Nurseries (Horticulture) Ohio Bridgeport Catalogs; Nursery stock Ohio Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. E. W. REID'S JMURSERIES, BRIDGEPORT, OHIO. BLACKBERRY LEADERS. RATH BUN. This is a new fruit that we offer with the utmost satisfaction. It is admired by all who have seen it, and no one has been able to discover a weak point about it. To those who are accustomed to only the old varieties it will seem like a new kind of fruit. It has already established a high reput
. Everything for the fruit grower : 1899. Nurseries (Horticulture) Ohio Bridgeport Catalogs; Nursery stock Ohio Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. E. W. REID'S JMURSERIES, BRIDGEPORT, OHIO. BLACKBERRY LEADERS. RATH BUN. This is a new fruit that we offer with the utmost satisfaction. It is admired by all who have seen it, and no one has been able to discover a weak point about it. To those who are accustomed to only the old varieties it will seem like a new kind of fruit. It has already established a high reputation in the vicinity where it origi- nated, and the fruit brought a much higher price than any other Blackberry in the market at that time. The fruit is simply enormous, far larger than any other variety. A large proportion of the berries will measure from I 1-4 to I S-2 inches in length, and the whole crop is very uniform. The fruit of the Rathbun, unlike most Blackberries, has no hard core. It is soft, sweet and luscious, with a high flavor. It is superior to all va- rieties in cultivation for quality. It is sufficiently firm to ship and handle well, having been sent a distance of 36 miles by wagon and rail, arriving in fine con- dition, and selling at a considerably higher price, in preference to the best of other varieties. The Rathbun was se- verely tested for hardiness during the winter of 1895-9(3. when for several days the temperature was 20 degrees below zero. Plants of Minnewaski and Erie Blackberries on the same ground were so badly frozen that it was impossible for them to produce fruit, but the Rathbun bore a very good crop. The plant is a strong, erect grower, and, unlike most va- rieties, it produces but few suckers. It sends up a strong main stem, which branches freely. These branches curve over and bend downward until the tips touch the ground. Late in the season they send out roots from the tips of the branches, and thus propagate themselves, in the manner of
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