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SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY 



663. Hoosier is a promising black raspberry for the Middle 

 West. It is a selection from a large number of seedlings grown 

 to secure a hardy and disease-resistant variety, but, on the 

 grounds of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 Geneva, New York, it is neither hardier nor more resistant to 

 diseases than tlio average variety of its species; in fact, it is 

 marked as susceptible to anthracnose. Notwithstanding the 

 experiences noted, it is well spoken of by many. Hoosier 

 originated on the farm of John Dunn, Pekin, Indiana, about 

 1895. 



Plants medium in size and vigor, productive, upright ; canes medium in 

 number, rather stocky, dull reddish-brown with strong straight spines. 

 Leaflets usually 3, large, dark green above, greenish-gray beneath. Flowers 

 10-12, in very short, compact, leafy clusters. Fruit midseason, large, hemi- 

 spherical, glossy black; torus small, releasing the berry readily; drupelets 

 large, numerous, round; flesh dark red, firm, juicy, subacid, rich, with 

 pleasant aroma ; quality good ; seeds large, hard. 



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Kansas (Fig. 246). — Long a prominent commercial black 

 ry, Kansas is more often and better characterized by its 

 faults than by its virtues. Chief of the faults 

 is susceptibility to winter-killing, although de- 

 fective fruits, the berries being often imper- 

 fect and variable in size and shape, stand 

 against the variety as markedly as the defect 

 in the plant. Nevertheless, the variety finds 

 favor and is largely grown, although it is be- 

 ing replaced by Plum Farmer. The original 

 plant was a chance seedling on the farm of A. 

 H. Griesa, Lawrence, Kansas, found in 1884. 



Fig. 246. Kansas. Plants medium in size and vigor, upright-spreading, 



very productive, tender to cold ; canes numerous, 

 stocky, reddish-brown, with many strong prickles. Leaflets usually 3, rather 

 small, typical of the species. Flowers 10-12, in short, compact, leafy clus- 

 ters at the tips of branches. Fruit midseason, medium to large, broadly 

 hemispherical, variable in size and shape, wath many imperfect berries, 

 glossy black; drupelets rather small, numerous, round; flesh firm, rather dry, 

 subacid; quality good; seeds large, hard. 



665. Ohio. — Before the coming of canning and quick trans- 

 portation of fruit, black raspberries were grown in great quanti- 



