Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-03-25

measured tneIn IN OdShetS. anu lney WcIe
so astonished at the amount which it might
he possible to grow on an acre, that they
dared not to repeat it to the uninitiated in
the wonders of fruit growing. We had learn
ed from circulars that from fur to eight
quarts were produced by single canes, and
that 500 to 1000 ripe berries were to be
counted on a cane of average size; we found
one cane having over 1900! Sent to the city
in quart boxes, they bring 80 cents at
wholesale! Raspberry baskets filled with
these berries will sell for Is cents, and the
retailers get whatever they choose to ask
Judging from the present demand. We be-
lievc 500 acres may be planted to this
blackberry. and the whole results sent to
the New York market. they would fail OF
being plentiful enough to be within the
reach Of all. In fact we do not believe the
market can well be overstocked."
SOIL.
They appear so far to grow on almost
any soil. Some cultivators recommend
moist loan. or even clay. We have them
planted on very rich and poor soil. We
gathered some of our best berries last sea-
| son from the poor soil. The editor of the
A~ericulturist says: "The best growth and
fruiting we have seen is upon a rocky side
hill, though perhaps not better than Others
on dark muck and peaty soil."
Lest it might be thought that we over
rate this famous fruit, we will add the
opinions of a lew gentlemen who are every
way competent to form a correct Judgment
of its merits.
Mr.. Charles Downing, in the Hortlcultu-
rist, thus speaks of it:
.'Havirg heard a good deal said about the
New Rochelle Blackberry, for the past year
or two, and knowing that many Of the new
fruits were over praised. | made q special
visit, a few days since, to see for myself,
and I can assure you I was well paid for nv
trouble. There is no bumbug about it, and
the only wonder is that it has not been
more generally iptroduced unaT~rsureo
before. The fruit Is l rye and sweet. 1t is
an enormous bearer; indeed the quantity
considering the large SIZE of the frui:,)-l
surprised mt, and the berries were perfect.
.sAs 10 its size, it will surprise most per-
sons who see it for the first time. At Nor
walk We saw several stalks bearing from 5
to eight quarts, each. We tried some that
had been gathered over forty hours, and
found the flavor quite good. A quart of
thu Pm numbered seven:y-one berries. We
picked a quart from vines which had re-
ceived no manure for two years past, and
from which the largest had just been select
ed for the New Haven Horticultural Society
and found that seventy-two of them filled a
quart measu e.
"The vines grow quite large-many of
them over an inch in diameter, ard the fruit
hangs in clusters, in size more like very
Green Gage Plums, than like the Or
binary Blackberry. The flavor is not appa-
rently diminished by its large size, and the
seeds is not its least recommendation.
think this Jerry a valuable acquisition
% our domestic fruits, and worthy of a
place in every garden.-American Agricul-
ave alluded the other dav to the %cultiva-
ed berries, called the New Rochelle, raised
" Mr. George Seymour, a; South Norwalk
They are not the wild Blackberry, but a Pc
:uliar variety by themselves. They grow TO
the size of the common berry,
AVE a delicious flavor, yield a~hundantly, are
ardy, easily raised, and remain in bearing
ONE SIX weeks. This fruit will be a great
to our list of common berries,
nd deserves the attention Of our citizens
tho are conspicuous for the variety and ex-
~eilence of iheii horticultural productions"
-Nem Hauen Journal.
Much more might be sa id in truth in IA
or of this fruit, but we trust enough has
,een said to induce al y our readers, who
ave an opportunity, TO try it for them
A Il.