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whole plant. Occasional plants have yellow fruit. It is about 

 the size of red currants, and contains one oval, quite large seed. 

 The quality is much like that of rather sour red currants. It 

 makes a fine jelly, but on account of the large seeds it is not 

 so desirable for a sauce as red currants, and it is doubtful 

 whether it will ever be popular for fruit where the red currant 

 is productive and reliable, but it is of use as an ornamental 

 shrub, and it will probably be used to quite an extent for this 

 purpose. 



Propagation. This plant suckers readily if the roots are 

 cut, but it is generally grown from seed, which germinate readi- 

 ly if not allowed to dry and are winter covered with earth and 

 sown in the spring. An easy way to winter it is to cover the 

 seed on the surface of the ground with an inverted sod. 

 Mulberries. 



The mulberry is seldom grown in this country and then 

 is generally limited to two or three trees. This is probably on 

 account of its lack of keeping qualities and its peculiar flavor 

 which is not generally highly esteemed. It is classfied by Prof. 

 L. H. Bailey as follows: 



1. The White Mulberry group (Morus alba). 



a, Russian Mulberry (Morus var. tartarica). 



b. Nervosa Mulberry (Morus var. venosa). 



2. The Multicaulis group (Morus latifoliaj. 



3. The Japanese group (Morus japonica). 



4. The Black Mulberry group (Morus nigra). 



5. The Red or Native Mulberry group (Morus rubra). 

 a. Lampasas Mulberry (Morus var. tomentosa). 



The best variety of the mulberry for growing in the north 

 Central states is known as the New American but it is not 

 hardy in the more northern states where the Russian Mul- 

 berry takes its place. This latter is known as Morus alba var. 

 tartarica and is described in Amateur Fruit Growing as follows: 



"The Russian mulberry was introduced from Russia and 

 is very hardy over much of the Northwest. The Mennonites of 

 Nebraska were among the first to introduce it into this coun- 

 try and they grew it from imported seed. It makes a small tree 

 but is much better adapted to -being grown in the form of a 



