Farmers' Bulletin i20S. 



head of rather open growth and leaves much like those of the elm. 

 It is comparatively short lived. 



The name sugarberry comes from the sweet black berries that are 

 borne in the early fall. The tree is sometimes affected by a fungous 

 trouble known as witches'-broom, that causes large numbers of small 

 sprouts to start from the affected portion and gives the infected tree 

 an unsightly appearance. The hackberry should not be planted 

 where this trouble is prevalent. 



The Mississippi hackberry, more often called sugarberry than 

 the common hackberry, is a large, open, oblong-headed tree 

 with smoother leaves than the common hackberry. It is useful in 



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FIG. 12. A street planted with honey locusts ; l:it 



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the southern part of region 6, in region 8, and to some extent in 

 regions 11 and 12. It thrives well under the same adverse moisture 

 conditions as the common hackberry. The trunk and the large 

 branches have little wartlike projections of the bark scattered irregu- 

 larly over them. The small twigs are sometimes more or less spotted 

 or winged in the same way. The tree is rather larger than the 

 common hackberry and apparently is less subject to witches'-broom. 



HONEY LOCUST. 



The honey locust is a large, open, round-headed, fine-foliaged tree, 

 admitting much light through its top. (Fig. 12.) The common 

 form has .stiff spines 2 to 6 inches long, or even longer, but there is 

 also a form without spines, which is the one that should be used for 



