. Catalogue for fall 1900. Nurseries (Horticulture) New York (State) Rochester Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. BATHE L that on his three-quarter acre patch he picked forty bushels every other day for eight weeks. We went several hundred miles to see it, and found the bearing bushes tall and bushy, and the rows wide, and loaded with fruit in such a manner that even our imagination could not have done justice. Some of oiir friends were surprised when we pub • lished the report befoi-e—such an immense yield. We wrote the originator again concerning it. Ho says: &quo
. Catalogue for fall 1900. Nurseries (Horticulture) New York (State) Rochester Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. BATHE L that on his three-quarter acre patch he picked forty bushels every other day for eight weeks. We went several hundred miles to see it, and found the bearing bushes tall and bushy, and the rows wide, and loaded with fruit in such a manner that even our imagination could not have done justice. Some of oiir friends were surprised when we pub • lished the report befoi-e—such an immense yield. We wrote the originator again concerning it. Ho says: " The secret of its great productiveness, is that it is an enormous grower, and consequently a strong feeder, and that it is not content, as other blackberries, to bear on the tops of the bushes, but loads from the ground to the top, and we have our tops five to six feet high. We have picked an average of 700 quarts from 1,300 hills, since July 10th, and will continue until the middle of Septem- ber. 1,100 hills, one year planted, have picked 2,^0 quarts every other day for the same ; Price, 50c. per 12; $ per 100. Snyder Blackberry.— This popular, hardy and profitable blackberry is known everywhere and planted largely. Where other varieties have en- tirely failed it proves it- self entirely hardy. It is also grown in localities where hardiness is not the prime and first considera- tion because of its pro- ductiveness and general adaptability to all loca- tions. It is the blackberry for every fruit grower de- siring to make a start in blackberries, but has not the means to buy the high- priced varieties. Keep the soil rich with barnyard manure and wood ashes and no one will complain of the size of the Snyder. We have grown it for 20 years and shall continue to plant it, as it usually gives a good picking where many other varieties have failed. This is the standard early sort for the North and Northwest, and is very popular. This was the first of tli« hardy
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