. Catalogue 1895 : everything for the fruit grower. Nurseries (Horticulture) Ohio Bridgeport Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. i8 Reid's Nuksekies—Catalogue of Small Fruits, Etc. CULTURE BLACKBERRIES. The culturejDf these is about the same as that of the raspberry, but if the soil is not very rirh they may be set 5 by 2 feet "in th« row on rich soil, by 3 feet. It requires about 3,000 plants per acre. I ney should be topped two feet from tlie ground for laterals ; do not let more than three canes f;ro\v to the liill. The past seasons ha
. Catalogue 1895 : everything for the fruit grower. Nurseries (Horticulture) Ohio Bridgeport Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. i8 Reid's Nuksekies—Catalogue of Small Fruits, Etc. CULTURE BLACKBERRIES. The culturejDf these is about the same as that of the raspberry, but if the soil is not very rirh they may be set 5 by 2 feet "in th« row on rich soil, by 3 feet. It requires about 3,000 plants per acre. I ney should be topped two feet from tlie ground for laterals ; do not let more than three canes f;ro\v to the liill. The past seasons have proved to us that there is as much ])rofit in Blackberry culture as in any other branch of fruit-growing. We gath- ered enough fruit from vines this season to almost pav for the ground they grew on—getting ••?4 per bushel for fruit .at a home market! The culture of blackberries is not so gen- eral as the profits would justify, the demand being always good in the larger cities. ELDORADO BLACKBER RY. This season more than ever confirms our opinion of this remark- able berry, that it is the most valu- able blackberry ever put on the market, and is endoised bv the strongest recommendations from tlie highest au- thority in the United States on new or old fruits. The entire stock of this variety IS ours; it is under our personal super- vision, but will be offered to the public by some other reliable nurserymen as a novelty. Description. Like many of our best fruits, Eldorado is an accidental seedling, and takes its name from the town close by where it was found in Preble, Co., Ohio. It has been cultivated 12 years, and under careful test at different experi- ment stations for four years has never winter-killed or failed to produce a full crop of the finest fruit. The vines are very vigorous and hardy, enduring the winters of the far northwest without in- and their yield is enormotis. The berries ery large, jet-black, borne in large clusters, pen well together; they are ve
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