Excerpt from John Lewis Childs Condensed Catalogue of Specialties, Novelties and Special Offers in Choice, New and Rare Bulbs, Plants, Seeds and Fruits, 1900
For a Blackberry. It is the largest. Finest flavored most prolific. Fruiting for two months. And requires no stakes. It grows from five to seven feet high. Branching freely into a fine tree form. As seen in the cut. Straight and erect. The berries are of enormous size. Equalled only by the Erie. Borne in large clusters. Which commence to ripen early in July and continue into September. Making the fruiting season nearly two months or more. The finest Blackberries we ever ate we picked about September first from some of these plants. Which had been ripening fruit since July 8th. They are exceedingly sweet. Juicy and delicious melting in the mouth without a particle of hard core. Lts delicate flavor. Great productiveness. Enormous size. Long season of bearing. And perfect hardiness in the coldest parts of the country. Make it the most valuable of all berries fer family use. Some of our customers who bought it last year report that the plants fruited last summer and berries proved to be the largest and finestever seen. And that the symmetrical branching of. The plants makes them perfect little trees.
Price. First quality. Large and strong. 200. Each; 3 for 500 12 fei'81.50.
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