154 THE SMALL FRUITS OF NEW YORK 



White-fruited forms of R. occidentalis occur in the wild, which from time to time are 

 introduced into cultivation, although they have never become popular. The fruit is 

 usually a pale yellow, but varies from white to a golden color. 



Arctic. 1. N.Y.Sta.Bul.6y.6Ti. 1893. 



Received at this Station in 1892 from an unknown donor. Fruit medium in size, 

 firm, juicy, sweet; midseason. 



Babbit, i. U. S. D. A. Pmn. Rpt. 265. 1892. 



A chance seedling which originated in 1883 in the nursery of a Mr. Babbit, College 

 Springs, Iowa. In 1892 W. R. Laughlin of that place sent it to the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. Plants strong, vigorous, hardy and productive; fruit of medium size, 

 rotmdish oblate, with numerous small drupelets, dull black, without bloom, moderately 

 firm, juicy, subacid ; good ; long-ripening season. 



Beebe. i. Mich. Sta. Bui. 55:22. i88g. 



Beebe Golden. 2. Ohio Hort. Soc. Rpt. 6$. 1886-87. 



This yellow blackcap was introduced in 1886 by James Beebe, Cassadaga, New York. 

 Plants of medium vigor, hardy, productive; fruit small, round, firm; color orange, becoming 

 unattractive dirty brown; fair; early. 



Belle. I. Rural N. F. 45:461. 1886. 



Received at the trial grounds of the Rural New-Yorker in 1885, from L. C. Carlow, 

 Batavia, Illinois. Described as one of the most hardy, vigorous and productive blackcaps 

 on trial; the earliest to ripen. Fruit as large as Gregg, firm; of inferior flavor. 



Belmont, i. W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 118. 1880. 



Raised by John Scobs, Bamesville, Ohio, and introduced about 1879. Fruit larger, 

 a week earlier and plant more productive than McCormick. 



Beyer, i. Rural N. Y. 45:914. 1906. 2. N. Y. Sta. Bui. 278:128. 1906. 



Originated by Hugo Beyer, New London, Iowa, prior to 1904 when plants were sent 

 out. Plants moderately vigorous, with light green foliage; fruit medium in size, firm, not 

 very juicy, seedy, acid; good; autumn-fruiting. 



Bishop. I. Kan. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 82. 1898. 2. N. Y. Sta. Bui. 278:128. 1906. 



Originated prior to 1898 by L. Bishop, Parker, Kansas. As grown at this Station, the 

 plants are vigorous, hardy, unproductive; fruit medium in size, firm, dull, unattractive 

 black, covered with bloom, seedy, moderately juicy; fair. 



Black Pearl, i. ///. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 213. 1912. 2. N. Y. Sta. Bui. 403:218. 1915. 

 3. Hedrick Cyc. Hardy Fr. 2S1, fig. 245. 1922. 

 In 1914 Black Pearl was named as the most promising of the new varieties of black 

 raspberries on the grounds of this Station. Since that time it has become one of the standard 

 fruits of its kind. The plants are characterized by their small, dark green leaves. The 

 green betokens vigor and healthiness in spite of the small size of the leaves. The plants 

 are as hardy and productive as those of any other black raspberry; the berries are large, 

 glossy black, very inviting in appearance, of good quality, and fall short only in being a 

 little too variable in size. The crop matures a week or more earlier than the well-known 



