EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS. 



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Rubtis. 



ROOTING FROM THE TIPS OF THE CANES. 



ABBBEVIATTONS. 



Color. 



pn. pubescent. 

 8. slight. 

 V. very. 



Fungi. 



A—. Anthracnoee— slight. 

 A+. Anthracnoee — severe. 



it to be of hybrid origin. It originated accidentally, near Rochester' New 

 York. The fruit is of the largest size, very juicy and high flavored, dingy 

 purple, and very pubescent. It occasionally produces a partial crop in 

 autumn, upon canes of the same season's growth. It is specially valued 

 for canning. 



Mammoth Cluster is a late ripening variety, formerly popular for the 

 market, and even yet occasionally planted for that purjDose. 



Gregg, although slightly less hardy than most other blackcaps, is so 

 vigorous and productive, and the fruit so large and firm in texture, that it 

 stands at the head of the market list of its class. 



Nemaha originated some time since in Nebraska. In both plant and 

 fruit it is much like Gregg, but is alleged to be more hardy — a claim the 

 validity of which can scarcely yet be considered as determined here. 



Among blackcaps of established reputation, a valuable selection for a 

 family garden would be Souhegau, Tyler or Doolittle, for early, followed by 

 Hilborn (the genuine) and Nemaha with ShafPer for canning. For a 

 market list Gregg may be substituted for Hilborn. 



A large number of new varieties of this species have been planted for 

 trial, the characteristics of which will require further time to develop. 

 Except in a very few cases these have been omitted from the tabulations 

 given, to await such further experience. 



