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English. I. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 284. 1921. 



Discovered twenty miles north of Bonham, Texas. Plants hardy and productive; 

 frtiit large; good. 



Erie. i. Rural N. Y. 45:465. 1886. 2. Card Biish-Fr. 218. 1917. 3. Hedrick Cyc. 

 Hardy Fr. 286. 1922. 

 Uncle Tom. 4. Oliio Hart. Soc. Rpt. 15. 1885-86. 



On the grounds of this Station, Erie has long been one of the best varieties, notable 

 as jnelding a good crop of extremely large, handsome, well-flavored berries. It has always 

 seemed to the experimenters here that Erie is worthy of more general cultivation. The 

 plants are very vigorous, usually productive, and nearly immune to the dreaded blackberry 

 rust. It is not as hardy as might be wished but is above the average in this respect. While 

 the fruits are large and handsome, they are not high in quality, usually, however, because 

 the fruit is picked before it has matured. The berries of Erie remain hard and sour long 

 after turning black, and if the picking is hurried, they are wretchedly poor in quality. 

 Erie originated with L. B. Pierce, Tallmadge, Ohio, in 1876, probably as a seedling of 

 Lawton. It was introduced by J. T. Lovett in 1886 mider the name Uncle Tom, which 

 name was later changed to Erie. The American Pomological Society added Erie to its 

 fruit catalog list in 1889. 



Plants medium to tall, vigorous, often much branched, upright-spreading, fairly hardy, 

 productive, healthy, seldom attacked by orange-rust ; canes numerous, very stocky, deeply 

 furrowed, obtuse-angled, glossy, greenish changing to dull red, pubescent, glandular; 

 prickles large, long, numerous, greenish; leaflets 5, large, thick, oval, light green changing 

 to dull red late in the fall, dull, rugose, pubescent, with serrate margins, petiole thick. 

 Flowers midseason, very large, borne in long, open, leafy clusters ; pedicels thick, glandular. 

 Fruit midseason; large to very large, broadly cylindrical to nearly globular, tapering 

 irregularly, glossy, attractive black; drupelets numerous, rather small, round; core rather 

 soft; flesh soft only when fully mature, juicy, sweet when fully ripe, pleasantly flavored; 

 quality good. 



Erskine Park, i, Harris Nur. Cat. 62. 191 1. 



Originated about 1904 with E. J. Norman, Lenox, Massachusetts; supposed to be a 

 sport of Kittatinny. One year's test at this Station shows that the variety has con- 

 siderable merit. Plants tall, vigorous, upright, branching freely, hardy and productive; 

 canes stocky, diill green with reddish brown tinge, glabrous; prickles medium in number, 

 strong; fruit medium in size, irregular, roimdish conic to cylindrical; drupelets of medium 

 size, cohering strongly, glossy black, jtiicy, tender, sweet; very good; core soft; season long. 



Eureka, i. Mich. Hart. Soc. Rpt. 406. 1886. 



Raised from seed of Wilson by William Parry, Parry, New Jersey, in 1876. After 

 growing many seedlings for four years, the best was selected and named Eureka. 



Eureka (of Texas), i. Mtmson Ca^. 10. 1899. 2. Rural N. Y. 61:578. 1902. 



Brought from Alabama to Texas by H. A. Biles, Roanoke, Texas; introduced in 1899 

 by T. V. Munson & Son, Denison, Texas. As grown at the trial grounds of the Rural New- 

 Yorker, the plants were tender, unproductive and thorny; the fruit large, round, jet black, 



firm, sweet, with a pleasing flavor. 



