230 THE SMALL FRUITS OF NEW YORK 



Described by T. V. Munson in 1885 as having plants of a trailing half-dewberry habit, 

 thorny; fruit borne in clusters, clear, bright pink, very soft, sweet and pleasant; earlier 

 than Snyder. 



Topsy. I. Rural N. Y. 46:638. 1887. 2. Am. Card. 10:244. 1889. 



Childs' Everbearing Tree. 3. Childs Cat. 150. 1893. 



Childs' Tree. 4. A^. Y. Sta. Bui. 278:144. 1906. 



Plants of Topsy were sent to the trial grounds of the Rural New-Yorker in 1885 by 

 J. T. Lovett, Little Silver, New Jersey. John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, New York, 

 introduced it as Childs' Everbearing Tree blackberry about 1892. The variety has little 

 merit as grown at this Station. Plants very dwarf, not hardy, unproductive; canes numer- 

 ous, slender, covered with strong prickles; fruit variable in size from small to medium, roimd- 

 ish, acid; inferior in flavor. 



Trinity Early, i. Ga. Sta. Bui. 33:519, fig. 1896. 



Received at the Georgia Station prior to 1896 from the Dallas Nursery Company, 

 Dallas, Texas. Plants dwarfish, trailing the first year, becoming more erect with age, 

 lacking vigor, healthy, moderately productive; prickles very numerous, weak; fruit small, 

 round; drupelets large, brisk and sprightly, but sweet; very early. 



Triumph. I. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 16. 1897. 



Western Triumph. 2. Card. Mon. 12:158. 1870. 



A chance seedling found in Lake County, Illinois, in 1858, by William Biddle, Wau- 

 kegan, Illinois. The variety was placed in the catalog of the American Pomological Society 

 in 1883 and remained in the last catalog in 1909. Plants vigorous, hardy, very productive; 

 fruit of medium size, roundish oblong; drupelets large, black, firm, juicy, sweet, rich; 

 good; midseason. 



Truman Thomless. i. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpl. 264. 1892. 



Introduced by George P. Pefler, Pewaukee, Wisconsin, thirty years ago. Canes 

 nearly thomless; plants rather dwarf, not very productive; fruit large; good; ripens 

 early. 



Tyler, i. N. Y. Sia. Bui. 278:141. 1906. 



Received at this Station in 1897 from Birdseye & Son, Stanley, New York. Plants 

 vigorous, very hardy, but less productive than Snyder; fruit medium in size, slightly elon- 

 gated, variable in size and shape, nearly sweet; fair. 



Veitchberry. i. Laxton Bros. Cat. 42, PI. 1925. 



A cross of the November Abundance raspberry by the English blackberry. Intro- 

 duced by Laxton Brothers, Bedford, England, in 1925. Plants vigorous, semi-erect; flowers 

 self-fertile, setting perfect fruits ; fruit twice the size of the ordinary blackberry, color of a 

 well ripened mulberry, sweet with the combined flavor of both parents. 



Wachusett. i. Atn. Jour. Hort. 4:220, fig. 1868. 2. A''. Y. Sta. Bui. 278:137. 1906. 



Wachusett Thomless. 3. W. N. Y. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 54. 1879. 



Found growing wild on Wachusett Mountain, Massachusetts, about 1863. Hardiness 

 and freedom from thorns were its chief merits, but unproductiveness prevented it from 



