64 Agbicultueal Expebimekt Station, Ithaca, N. Y. 



OU8 upon young leaves, they never attain their full growth. This dis- 

 ease has been successfully treated by Professor Pammel with sprays of 

 Bordeaux mixture and ammoniacal carbonate of copper.* 



-Ribcs aureicm, to which species the Crandall belongs, is native to a 



large area from Missoui'i and Arkansas westward. It has long been 



cultivated in yards for the long sweet yellow flowers, which are shown 



half size in the engraving. It is also sold by some nurserymen as Hides 



fragrans . 



DWARF JUNEBERRY. — AMELANCHIER CANADENSIS 

 VAR. OBLONGIFOLIA.f 



Two or three forms of this interesting little food have been intro- 

 duced to cultivation within the past few years, of which the best 

 known is the variety called Success. This variety was brought to 

 notice by H. E. VanDeman, United States Pomologist, who found the 

 plants growing in a garden in Kansas in 18Y3.J The variety was 

 named and put upon the market about 1878 by Mr. VanDeman. We 

 procured 200 plants in the spring of 1888, and these have now given 

 us three good crops. The plants have never been headed in but they 

 do not stand more than three or four feet high at the present time, and 

 they are upon strong soil. They were set three feet apart and the 

 sprouts are now beginning to fill the row. 



The fruit ripens here with the early currants and lasts nearly as long 

 as the currants. Last year, the last fruits were picked July 18. The 

 accompanying picture shows a good cluster, full size. The berries 

 closely resemble huckleberries, as well in flavor as in appearance. They 

 are more juicy and palatable than huckleberries, however. The plants 

 are exceedingly productive and hardy. Professor Alwood, of the Vir- 

 ginia Experiment Station writes in the Souther/i Planter : § " The fruit 

 which is now, June 16th, just ripening, is nearly as large as ordinary 

 smooth peas, and has a pleasant sweet taste, accompanied hy a not 



* See Rull. 13, Iowa Exp. Sta. 



f Amelanchier Canadensis var. oblongifolia, Torrey and Gray, Fl, N. Am. i. 

 473 (1838). A. Canadensis var. obovalis. Sargent, Silva N. Am. iv. 128 

 (1892)? This dwari' Juneberry is undoubtedly a distinct species from A. 

 Canadensis. 



i See Annals Hort. for 181)1, 51, for a fuller history. 



§ Southern Planter, liii. 400 (July, 1893). 



