420 THE EVOLUTION OF OUR NATIVE FRUITS 



are many named sorts in cultivation now. These have been 

 multiplied from some superior or distinct plant which some- 

 one has observed and marked. Mr. Makepeace showed me seven 

 varieties in his largest bog. 

 The common favorite is 

 the Early Black, shown nat- 

 ural size in Fig. 109. This 



is valuable because of its 

 earliness, as it comes in 

 three weeks ahead of the 

 medium sorts. Picking be- 

 gins upon this variety about 

 the first of September in the 

 Cape Cod bogs. When fully 

 ripe, the berries are purple- 

 black, and for this reason they are favorites with consumers, 

 for it is a common though erroneous notion that pale berries 

 are unripe. In late fall, the foliage of the Early Black assumes 

 a purplish tinge, which readily distinguishes it from most other 

 varieties. 



The Dennis, a bugle berry (Fig. 110), is also a favorite 

 because of its good size, productiveness and bright scarlet color. 

 The fruit is picked late in September and early in October. The 

 foliage is darker than that of the Early Ked. 



The McFarlin, an oval, dark red berry, is probably the 

 largest late berry grown. 



The Gould (named for Dr. Gould, of Cape Cod) is a produc- 

 tive pear berry, of medium season, with a bright purple fruit and 

 light colored foliage. 



Lewis is probably the most brilliantly colored of the cran- 

 berries. It is a very bright, glossy scarlet, medium in season, 

 and pear-like in shape. 



Franklin is a comparatively new pear sort, as late as Dennis, 



