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THE SMALL FRUITS OF NEW YORK 



Bostonian. i. A'. Y. Sta. Bid. 91:190. 1895. 



Originated with B. F. Lincoln, West Hingham, Massachusetts; introduced about 1894. 

 Perfect. At this Station, plants vigorous, numerous, medium productive ; fruit-stems good ; 

 fruit of medium size, necked, round-conic, dark red, soft; fair; medium early. 

 Boudinot. i. Card. Moii. 9:24?,. 1867. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Aw. 980. 1869. 



Raised from seed of Wilson by Dr. H. Boudinot, Alexandria, Ohio, about 1862. 

 Perfect. Plants numerous, productive; fruit large, roundish conic, scarlet; flesh light red, 

 firm, subacid; good; early. 

 Bouncer, i. Rural N. Y. 55:434, 498. 1896. 2. A^. Y. Sta. Bid. 147:184. 1898. 



Originated with a Mr. Ball of Connecticut ; introduced without name in 1895 by G. H. 

 & J. H. Hale, South Glastonburj-, Connecticut ; named Bouncer the following year. Per- 

 fect. Plants numerous, vigorous, medium productive; fruit-stems long, erect; fruit large, 

 irregular roundish, dark scarlet; flesh light, firm; fair to good; midseason. 



Bountiful. I. A-^ 1'. 5to. 5m/. 309:517. 1908. 



Raised in 1899 by J. E. Kuhns, Cliffwood, New Jersey, as a supposed cross between 

 Glen Mary and Clyde. Perfect. As grown here, plants numerous, vigorous, attacked by 

 leaf -spot, medium to productive; fruit large to mediiam, retains size well, round-conic, 

 dark red, firm, mildly acid; good; midseason. 

 Bowman, i. A'^. Y. Sta. Bui. 44:142. 1892. 



Originated with Mark T. Thompson, Cleveland, Ohio ; introduced about 1 890. Perfect. 

 On the Station groimds, plants stocky; leaves large, dark green; fruit-stems short, stiff; 

 fruit medium to large, obtuse-conic, light red, soft; very good; medium early. 



Bradley. 1. A^. Y. Sta. Bid. 309:518. 1908. 



Originated at Cobden, Illinois, by J. H. Bradley, about 1896. A seedling of Crescent 

 open to chance pollination by Tennessee and Crystal City. Perfect. Plants at this Station 

 medium in number, vigorous, healthy, very productive; fruit-stems long, slender, semi- 

 erect; fruit large to medium, round-conic to wedge, dull red, medium to firm, acid, inferior 

 in flavor; poor; midseason. 



Brand3rwine. i. N. Y. Sta. Bui. 76:432. 1894. 2. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 27. 1894. 

 3. Va. Sta. Tech. Bui. 11:14, %■ i- 1916. 



This old sort, at one time much grown in New York, is now being discarded because 

 the plants are very susceptible to leaf diseases. It is still a leading variety about Los 

 Angeles, California, where the berries ripen from early spring to late autumn. In New York 

 fruit and plants suffer much from drouth. Brandywine is a very ornamental straw- 

 berry with its dark green foliage, large blossoms and handsome fruits. It is still grown in 

 home gardens in the Hudson River Valley. This variety originated with E. C. Ingram, 

 West Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1889; introduced in 1895. Its parentage is supposed to 

 be Glendale x Cumberland. In 1899 the American Pomological Society placed the name 

 of this sort in its list of recommended fruits. 



Perfect. Plants raediimi in number, vigorous, susceptible to leaf -spot, productive; 

 leaves large, thick, dark green, dull. Flowers midseason, large; petals 6-8, large, overlap- 

 ping; stamens numerous; receptacle large. Fruit late; fruit-stems long, erect, carried 



