Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-08-12
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From an address on small fruits. de-
| livered before the Fruit Growers Cleb
New York, by E. Williams, Montclair
| N j., we take the following on Black
berries
Dorchester proves with me, on good
strong soil, one week earlier than the
Wilssn-in fact, is the earliest and most
satisfactory grown. OF fair size, but
sweet flavor, very agreeable not rs pro-
ductiye, however, as any of the others,
still fairly prolific. Is fit to eat as soon
as black.
Missouri Mammoth is later than any
of the rest. Not as laIge as represented
10 be, and very few berries. | should
call it grand huD.6ug" on my place.
although observe Mr.. Parry states if
is as productive OIL his place as any vari-
ety grown. When it first appeared, the
fruit was repT, sented to be fully as large
as hens eggs but find, as you also see
in the plates before you, that tits hot as
large as the Wilson or Kittatinny, and
really about the same size and flavor as
the Dorchester. L do not consider it any
better. It does not ripen uniformly,
hangs on long and is long time in COM
ing into bearing.
TnesLduton Blackberry has had its
day. There are now other varieties SO.
much superior that they will command
higher prices in the market; and the
Lawton must gradually work its way
out, and be replaced by the new varie-
ties. 1t winterkills badly, and that is
sufficient to throw it out of our best
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The Kittatiany needs no additional re-
commendation TO what it has already re-
ceived. 1t will always speak for itself.
Is the hardest of all blackberries, sue
ceeding every where, from Canada to the
Western and Southern States; is the
best favored and and most vigorous and
productive. have canes upon my place
from which have picked, should
Judge, good peck of fine berries. The
fruit always markets well, ripe as soon
as black, and begins to ripen with the
earliest, extending over q long period
down, to the very latest.
wilson Early, although much earlier
south of me, does not prove with me;
much earlier than the Kittatinny, and
no more productive, although large aud
good flavor.
BEST METHOD OF GROWING BLACK
BERRIES.
In planting blackberry bushes, / would
put out in rows eight feet apart and six
feet in rows. The first year l would al
low but one cane to grow to each stool.
Then the second season / would allow
two canes to grow, and the same every
year thereafter. The canes ought to be
always tied to stakes if not, the bushes
will stretch out and fill the entire rows,
making it difficult to pass up and down,
also hanging over and touching the fruit
to the ground l am experiment.
ing with wire trellis, and consider it
very suitable. The bearing canes can
be trained sidelong from the hill, per-
mitting the two fresh canes to grow
directly upward in the center. After
the canes have done fruiting, cut them
entirely out and let the new ones grow
as the old stalk will yield no more fruit,
and as long as allowed to grow will take
away norishment needed by the new
canes The new canes should be topped
at hight of four or fives feet, and allow
the side-shoots todevelop themselves. In
this way the bushes can be Kept in a
compact form, and their growth made
well matured. -