I02 THE SMALL FRUITS OF NEW YORK 



Ellisdale. Occidentalis x Strigosus. i. Gard. Mon. 6:26. 1864. 



Ellisdale was found in 1856 by J. E. Johnson in Pottawattamie County, Iowa It was 

 introduced by H. A. Terry, Crescent City, Iowa. The American Pomological Society 

 placed Ellisdale in its fruit list in 1869 for culture in the states near the place of its origin, 

 but removed it at the following session. Plants vigorous, propagating from tips, hardy, 

 productive; fruit large, roundish oval, regular; drupelets medium firm, juicy, dark red, 

 rich and good; midseason. 



Elm City. i. Rec. Hort. 2:56. 1868. 



Described as new in 1868; supposed to have originated in New Haven, Connecticut. 

 Similar to Philadelphia in size and flavor of fruit; hardy; early. 



Elsie. I. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 966. 1869. 



A seedling raised by Samuel Miller, Bluffton, Missouri. Fruit very large and excellent. 



Emily. 1. Horticulturist ^'.i?,-;. 1853. 



A seedling of Col. Wilder raised by Dr. William D. Brinckle of Philadelphia about 1850 

 which proved unworthy of dissemination. Plants vigorous, very productive; prickles 

 white; fruit large, conical, often shouldered, light yellow. 



Emmett. Occidentalis x Strigosus. 1. Mich. Sta. Bui. 129:10. 1896. 2. Rural IV. Y. 

 57:23. 1898. 

 Sent to the trial grounds of the Rural New-Yorker in 1895 as new by A. C. Griesa & 

 Brother, Lawrence, Kansas. Plants vigorous; fruit round, purple; of fair quality; late 

 midseason. 



Empire i. Card Bush-Fr. 183. 1917. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 161. 1920. 3. Hedrick, 

 Cyc. Hardy Fr. 276, fig. 1922. 



A few years ago Empire was heralded as a very promising new red raspberry and was 

 largely planted in the eastern part of New York. The assets ascribed to it were hardiness 

 productiveness, vigor, and healthiness of the plants; and large, handsome, firm, well-flavored 

 fruits.- But the variety has been a disappointment to most New York berry growers who 

 plant it. The plants seem to lack that subtle thing called constitution, and after a few 

 years in the plantation go to pieces. In the prime of the plantation the plants are so hardy 

 as to need no winter protection in New York; are equal to any other variety in productive- 

 ness, and are unusually vigorous, reaching a height of sLx or eight feet. The berries, when 

 plantations are at their best, average larger than those of the well-known Cuthbert, are 

 about the same in color, ripen a little earlier, and have a longer picking season. The 

 fruits are mild, rich and sweet, and take rank among the very best red raspberries in quality. 

 The texture is firm and the berries stand shipment well and keep long. Despite this array 

 of good characteristics, which would seem to put Empire among the best commercial red 

 raspberries, it is, as has been said, proving a disappointment in the berry plantations of 

 the state. This variety, a cross between Ruby and Coutant, was originated in 1904 by 

 L. E. Wardell, Marlboro, New York, and introduced by him in 1916. 



Plants tall, vigorous, upright, hardy, very productive, lack constitution, contract 

 mosaic slowly but are severely injured; propagated by suckers; canes medium in number, 

 stocky, green changing to purplish red, becoming yellowish brown at the close of the season. 



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