330 Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, N. Y. 



Hicks (Hicks' everbearing). — This is a Georgian variety, as near 

 as I can learn, although Downing, in 1872, credits it to Kentucky. 

 It was brought to uotice about 1850, or before, by fc>iimi Rose, of 

 Macon, Georgia, who is sjiid to hiive obtained it from Thonia.s 

 Elkins, of Efllugham county, (ieoii-gia. Mr. Elkins "planted 'it 

 in avenues, on his lanes, in his fence comers, and many oth«n' 

 favorite places on hLs plantation, for his hogis, and it is Siiid tliat 

 he always liad pork or bacon to sell." At the pi'esent time it is 

 much used in parts <^>f the south as a food for swine. Mr. Berck- 

 m.'ms says that " the value of nmlbeiTies as an economic food Un- 

 hog-s is beginning to be appreciated by many f annex's, who have 

 planted large oi-chards of the Hicks for that purpose." It is also 

 one of the very best varieties for poultry. It is a most profuse 

 bearer, producing a continuous and bountiful crop for three and 

 four months. The fniit is medium to large, very sweet and rather 

 insipid. 



Stubbs. — The original Stubbs mulbeny tree was found growing 

 in a wood near Dublin, Laurens county, Georgia. Col. John M. 

 Stubbs, of that place, gave cions to Mr. Bei*ckmans some fifteen 

 yeai« ago, and Mr. Beix?kmans introduced it to the public. It is 

 probably the most productive of all mulbeiTies, even exceeding 

 the wonderful prolificacy of the Hicks. The fniit is deep blacli, 

 with a very rich sub-acid vinous flavor. It is fully two inches 

 long and over a quarter as thick in well developed specimens. 



5. (a) The Lampasas Sup-Group. — Morus rubra yav. tomentosa 

 Bureau. {M. tonientosa of Iiafines(j[ue.) 



Leaves very soft-pubescent and whitish beneath, often glossy 

 but rough above. 



Lampasas. — This variety was found in the woods in Lampasas 

 county, T<^xas, by F. M. Raiusay, and was introduced in 1889 by 

 T. V. Muuson, of Denison, Texas. It has a some^vhat spreading 

 and shrub-like liabit. Mr. Munson writes as follows concerning 

 it: " The Lampasjis mulbeivy, although a native of the region only 

 200 miles southwest of here, is so tender here as to winter kill. I 

 have ceased to pix>pagate it on that account. I have never been 

 able to fruit it." 



