Blackberry

Here is an entry from Warren's "account book" describing a kind of blackberry vine that he was apparently impressed with.


Dewberry. Blackberry.
It is a climbing blackberry the vine growing very large and may be allowed to trail over the ground or may be trained up to trellises like grapes. It is a sure annual bearer the berries being larger sweeter and superior in every way to blackberries. The fruit is borne in great quantities and is of a soft pulpy nature sugary and delicate and seems to melt in ones mouth like ice cream. The berries are very large often more then two inches in length a glossy sparkling black color. It is perfectly hardy and does not sucker from the roots but is increased from the tips like black cap raspberries. When in bloom in spring it is very ornamental indeed the flowers appearing in large quantities.