. A^awam. Fruil of fair size, jet-black, sweet, tender and melting to the very core; for home " use it has no superior, being sweet throughout as soon as black ; it is extremely hardy and healthy, and very productive. An eminent small fruit grower says : " It Stands at the head for hardiness, fruit fulness md ; 50 cts. per doz., $2 per 100, 512 per 1,000. Lucretia Dewberry. W ho is there that has ever tested the wild Dewberry of our fields that has not longed for some variety that would thrive well under cultivation ! NOW we have it in Lucretia. The plant is hardy and
. A^awam. Fruil of fair size, jet-black, sweet, tender and melting to the very core; for home " use it has no superior, being sweet throughout as soon as black ; it is extremely hardy and healthy, and very productive. An eminent small fruit grower says : " It Stands at the head for hardiness, fruit fulness md ; 50 cts. per doz., $2 per 100, 512 per 1,000. Lucretia Dewberry. W ho is there that has ever tested the wild Dewberry of our fields that has not longed for some variety that would thrive well under cultivation ! NOW we have it in Lucretia. The plant is hardy and healthy, and remarkably productive. The flowers are very large and showy. The fruit, which ripens with the Mammoth Cluster raspberry, is often 1 : inches long, by one in diameter, sofc, sweetand luscious through' out, without any hard center or core. It is the best of the Blackberry family, as hardy as Snyder and productive as any. The berries are far larger and incomparably better than any Blackberry. Its great profusion of large, showy white flowers in spring, followed by the clusters of beautiful fruit, together with its handsome, glossy foliage, render this an interesting plant at all seasons. It has proved very satisfactory wherever tried, and is recom- mended w ith the greatest confidence. Any collection of fruits will be incomplete without the Lucretia, and, ripening as it does, before any A^azvam. other Blackberry, it must prove extremely profitable as a market berry, especially at the north. 50 cts. per doz., $2 per 100, $10 per 1,000. Extra transplants, 75c. per doz., $3 per 100, $20 per Eldorado. We have only tested it in a moderate way, and so give the intro ducer's 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 Treble Co., Ohio. It has been cultivated 12 years, and under careful tests at different experiment sta- tions for four years has never winter-killed, o
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