42S SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY 



669. Black Diamond. Atlantic. E wings Wonder. Star. 

 ^Vonder. This variety is listed as a de\vl)erry by some, but it 

 properly belongs with the Evergreen blackberry, with which it 

 is so nearly identical that it needs no separate description. It 

 is but half-hardy, and therefore of little value in the East, al- 

 though it is rather commonly gro"\vn in southern New Jersey, 

 but even there every cold winter takes its toll. The variety is 

 said to have originated with G. H. Liepe, Cologne, New York, 

 early in this century. 



670. Blowers. — The plants of Blowers are so capricious, re- 

 sponding to every^ diversity in season, soil, and climate, and so 

 many of the berries are imperfect, even in locations suitable for 

 the plants, that it is worthless as a commercial variety. Never- 

 theless, many nurserymen offer it and report it successful in 

 parts of North America. It originated with H. W. Blowers, 

 Westfield, New York, about 1888. 



Plants tall, very vigorous, not hardy, productive; canes moderately 

 numerous, stocky, furrowed, reddish-brown, with numerous strong straight 

 prickles. Flowers IVj inches in diameter, 8-10 in open, short, leafy clusters. 

 Fruit midseason, ripening over a very long period, 1 inch long, rather nar- 

 row, tapering, variable in size, glossy black ; core soft, conical ; drupelets 

 large, variable in size, round; flesh soft, sweet, mild; quality good; seeds 

 rather large. 



671. Dallas is supposed to be a blackberry-dewberry hybrid, 

 although at Geneva, New York, it shows little if any dewberry 

 parentage. The variety has little to recommend it for the 

 North, but seems to find favor in Texas and Oklahoma. It is a 

 native of Texas, but where or when it originated cannot be 

 learned. 



Plants very vigorous, drooping half-hardy, productive; canes long, with 

 numerous sharp spines. Leaflets 5, palmate, coarsely and deeply serrate. 

 Flowers very large, 2 inches in diameter, 5-7, in long, open, leafy, prickly 

 corymbs. Fruit early midseason, large, almost hemispherical; flesh firm, 

 juicy, sweet ; quality very good. 



672. Early Harvest (Fig. 248).— One of the earliest black- 

 berries to ripen its crop, Early Harvest is valuable only for this 



