128 ANNUAL REPORT. 



THE DWARF JUNE BERRY. 



The following question was tlien read: 



Does any person know anything about the Dwarf June Berry, 

 and is it worthy of cultivation? 



Mr. Gaylord. I think it is what we used to call the Shadwood or 



Shadberry. I have a few trees from one of the best nurserymen in 



owa. They produce a very small berry. They don't amount to 



much except for the birds to eat. I have grown just enough to have 



a few berries to eat. 



Mr. Smith. It makes a very pretty tree for a garden or lawn; the 

 berries are small and of no particular value. There are quite a 

 number of them in this city set in gardens. They are not as large 

 as the common June Berry. 



Mr. Harris. Mr. Gaylord, I think, has given us all the light we 

 will get on it. It is recommended by men that are peddling it as 

 very desirable, and the berries equal to huckleberries; they are 

 selling the plants at a prettj^ good price. I don't think they are of 

 any value except to feed your birds on. 



Mr. Gaylord. It blossoms very early. The birds feed on the 

 berries and like them, but for eating it is about as poor as anything 

 you can get. 



Mr. Sias. I supposed we had the common June Berry and the 

 Dwarf June Berr}' growing wild in our county. I have heard con- 

 siderable about the Dwarf June Berry being a good and fine fruit, 

 and last fall I took pains to look around to see if there was any in 

 our section. I found a good many, bearing pretty well, some of them 

 I couldn't see any difference between the fruit of those called the 

 dwarf and the common species; they were generally small. The 

 fruit is about the size of a pea. I couldn't see any advantage in the 

 dwarf over the common species, and I doubt if they have any large 

 fruit such as they recommend. 



Mr. Smith. The only particular difference I could see is in the 

 size; the dwarf only grows about three or four feet high, while the 

 standard grows to some height; they grow all along the road. 



THE BLIGHT QUESTION AGAIN. 



Mr. Harris. I would like to say a word about this blight question. 

 I used to think I knew something about horticulture, but I don't 

 think anyone knows very well what blight is. But my opinion is 

 that what is called blight is a living ergot, or parasitic fungi, which 



