Title: (Catalogue)
Identifier: CAT31285160 (find matches)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Franklin Davis Nursery Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Maryland Baltimore Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs
Publisher: Baltimore, Md. : Franklin David Nursery Company
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Eldorado Blackberries. Blackberries The culture of these is about the same as that of the raspberry, but if the soil is not very rich they maybe set 5 by 2 feet in the row: on rich soil 6'-: by 3 feet. It requires about 3.000 plants per acre. They should be topped 2 feet from the ground for laterals ; do not let more than 5 canes grow to the hill. The past seasons have proved to us that there is as much prod: in Blackberry culture as in anv other branch of fruit growing. The cul- ture of Blackberries is not so general as the profits would justify, the demand being always good in the larger cities. Eldorado. We are more than ever impressed with the conviction, after fruiting this berry another year, that we have in this variety the best blackberry ever introduced. Wherever it has had a trial, its merits appear at once, and hence its quick popularity where tested, sd much so that we have already had to decline orders in large quantities, as it is our intention to have this worthy berry distributed as far as possible amongst our patrons. Like many of .our best fruits, Eldorado is an accidental seedling, and takes its name

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