118 HOME FRUIT GROWER 



recent home test of six varieties Snyder, Erie, Taylor, Eldorado and 

 Blowers fifteen out of sixteen people who sampled the freshly gathered 

 fruits without knowing the identification of any one chose Kittatinny 

 as the most delicious. 



LUCRETIA. For more than 20 years the leading Dewberry because of its 

 hardiness, prolificacy and large, very early, moderately high quality 

 berries. Being a trailer this variety must be staked or trellised. 



MERCEREAU. A medium-sized fruit of excellent quality borne liberally 

 on vigorous, hardy canes. 



RATHBUN. A hardy, erect growing but rather dwarf plant which produces 

 very few suckers, but, like the black Raspberry, roots at the tips of 

 the young canes. Fruit very large, juicy, sweet and high flavored. 



SNYDER. Too small and of too poor quality for the home garden. 



TAYLOR. An old, very hardy, late, productive variety which bears medium - 

 sized, fine-flavored fruit. 



WACHUSETT THORNLESS (often listed under each of these names used 

 separately), being practically spineless and remarkably hardy is fairly 

 popular with amateurs, but unless carefully managed it is not very 

 prolific and the berries, though of good flavor, are inclined to be small. 



WARD. A remarkably sturdy, prolific and hardy descendant of the 

 Kittatinny, with large, melting, high quality, handsome berries. 



WILSON. A strong growing but rather tender highly prolific variety which 

 bears very early, very luscious sweet berries. 



BUFFALO BERRY 



In the Northern Prairie States, adjacent Canada and southward 

 to New Mexico, grows a handsome six- to twenty-foot wild shrub with 

 silvery foliage and red or yellow berries. Within the past ten or fifteen 

 years Western nurserymen have been offering plants for home plan- 

 tations of this shrub. 



As the species is dioecious that is, has "male" and "female" 

 flowers on separate plants it is important to plant some of each in 

 order to get fruit. The male plant never bears fruit and the female 

 must have the male near by so pollen will fertilize the flowers. A 

 satisfactory proportion is one male to four or five female plants. 



The wild fruits differ considerably in size, season and quality; 

 the cultivated varieties have been selected or bred from the best wild 

 plants. Some varieties are sprightly and good enough to eat raw. 

 Generally they are considered better after being frosted. Another 

 advantage of frosting is that less sugar is needed for making the delicious 

 jelly for which they are noted. Unfortunately the plant is so thorny 

 that gathering the fruit is more unpleasant than gathering Gooseberries. 

 But in sections of the country where fruits are hard to grow because 

 of the cold the Buffalo Berry deserves a place. Prof. N. E. Hansen 

 has conducted experiments with this fruit. His writings upon it have 

 been published by the South Dakota Experiment Station. 



