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no value. The trees are of spreading, almost drooping, habit, and so far 

 perfectly hardy. 



New American {M. nigra?) is of upright, spreading habit, producing 

 fruit abundantly, even when quite young. Although the fruit is larger and 

 finer than that of the Kussian variety, it appears to be mainly attractive to 

 the birds. It is of medium size and nearly black when fully ripe. 



Everbearing, or Downing as it is more commonly called, originated with 

 the late Charles Downing, at Newburgh, N. Y., many years since, from 

 seeds of Multicaulis (M. alba). It is scarcely hardy here at the lake shore. 

 The fruit is much larger and finer than either of the foregoing, and ripens 

 in succession for a considerable period, hence the name. In this latitude, 

 in any but the most favorable locations, winter protection will no doubt be 

 found indispensable. 



BLACKBERRY (Rubus villosus) AND DEWBERRY (Rubus canadensis). 



Both the plant and the fruit of the blackberry seem to have nearly, if not 

 wholly, escaped the attacks of both insects and fungi during the season. 



The injury from the cold of last winter, also, was comparatively slight, 

 only three or four of the most tender varieties, such as Brunton and 

 Dehring, having been perceptibly injured. 



Most of the varieties appearing in the following tabulation were planted 

 in the spring of 1888, and are therefore not yet fully in bearing. Still, a 

 few of the notes are from older plants, for which reason another season is 

 requisite to enable us to fully determine their comparative productiveness: 



