MV GARDEN WHAT FRUITS WERE CUJ TIVATED. 73 



These berries are simply improvements of the 

 wild Blackcap of the woods, and I have seen 

 growing in damp and favored spots as fine fruit 

 as any borne by my cultivated varieties. With 

 those who pride themselves on the pearl of their 

 teeth and the coral of their lips, the Blackcap 

 will never be a favorite ; but to us plain people 

 it has been an old friend from the time its pur- 

 ple blood smeared our faces, clothes, and din- 

 ner-baskets, and its brambles added largely to 

 the weekly mending. 



The Davidson's Thornless is a variety free 

 from sharp spines, and its fruit ripens a week 

 earlier than that of the Doolittle, and therefore 

 is deserving of a place in the garden. The 

 Mammoth Cluster matures the last of all, so thp.t 

 by planting the three varieties named, the sea- 

 son of Blackcaps can be extended almost three 

 times as long as if only one kind were cultivated. 

 This extension could be considerably increased 



