WELCH 



EUREKA 



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elliptical, cohering poorly so that the berries crumble; 

 flesh coarse, soft, tender, sprightly, aromatic ; quality 

 poor ; seeds small. 



WELCH. R. strigosus. Welch is a variety 

 grown somewhat generally in New Jersey, but 

 apparently not grown elsewhere. It is prized 

 for the extreme hardiness of the plant, and 

 its large, firm, deep red, sweet berries, which 

 ripen late and hang long. It is reported to be 

 better liked than Cuthbert in some parts of 

 New Jersey for commercial plantations. Its 

 origin is not known. The author has not seen 

 the variety, and material from which a tech- 

 nical description can be compiled seems not 

 to exist. 



BLACK RASPBERRIES 



BLACK PEARL. Fig. 245. Although a 

 new variety, Black Pearl stands at the front of 

 black raspberries. The plants are about all 

 that could be desired in hardiness, healthful- 

 ness, and productiveness; while the berries 

 are large and glossy black, very inviting in 

 appearance, and of good quality, falling short 

 only in being a little too variable in size. The 

 season is early but somewhat short, the crop 

 maturing a week or more earlier than the 

 well-known Gregg. Black Pearl is in favor 

 with evaporators, especially in cold climates, 

 and where summer drouths parch the land. 



245. Black Pearl. (XD 



The variety was found as a chance seedling 

 by Herman Krumris, St. Joseph, Missouri, in 

 1905, and was introduced in 1907. 



Plants vigorous, upright, very productive ; canes nu- 

 merous, stocky, dull brownish-red, with heavy bloom ; 

 spines numerous, slender. Leaflets small, dark green, 

 rugose, heavily pubescent beneath. Flowers early, 10-12, 

 in short, close, leafy clusters. Fruits early, large, 

 hemispherical, glossy black ; drupelets numerous, small, 

 cohering strongly ; flesh firm, rather dry, sprightly, rich ; 

 quality very good ; seeds small. 



CUMBERLAND. Until a few years ago, 

 Cumberland was the most widely and com- 

 monly grown black raspberry. Hardiness and 

 productiveness of plant and large size and 

 high quality of fruit were the assets which 

 gave it supremacy. It is now hardly more 

 popular than several other sorts, falling from 

 former popularity chiefly because of suscep- 

 tibility to anthracnose. It is grown more 

 largely for shipping fresh than for evaporating. 

 Cumberland originated with David Miller, 

 Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, and after having 

 been grown locally many years was introduced 

 about 1898. 



Plants tall, vigorous, upright, very hardy, very pro- 

 ductive, susceptible to anthracnoso ; canes medium in 

 number, light reddish-brown, with straight, stray 

 prickles. Foliage typical of the species. Flowers 12-14, 

 in short, close, leafy, compact, prickly clusters. Fruit 

 midseason, large, conical, glossy black ; torus small, 

 releasing the berry readily ; drupelets large, round ; flesh 

 firm, juicy, sweet, rich ; quality very good ; seeds small. 



DIAMOND. Black Diamond. Introduced 

 by C. W. Stuart & Co., Newark, New York, 

 in 1896, Diamond made a fine record in west- 

 ern New York for several years, but is now 

 being discarded because the berries are small 

 and variable in size. The variety was never 

 much grown out of the region in which it 

 originated. 



Plants tall, vigorous, spreading, productive, hardy. 

 Fruits midseason, small, broadly hemispherical, ir- 

 regular in shape, black with a tinge of red ; flesh firm, 

 sprightly, fair to good ; quality good ; seeds large. 



BOO LITTLE. Joslyn. American Im- 

 proved. Doolittle, once the most popular of 

 all raspberries, was superseded by Soughegan, 

 which, in its turn, gave way to Gregg, now 

 pushed to. the rear by Black Pearl and Plum 

 Farmer. This was the first black raspberry to 

 acquire prominence as a commercial fruit. 

 The variety was exceedingly variable at first, 

 acquiring fixity of type only after years of 

 selection, and differed so little from the wild 

 black raspberry that it is probable that Doo- 

 little was not derived from a single plant, 

 but from wild plants in general. The namf- 

 at first represented not so much a variety as 

 the method of propagation adopted by the 

 originator, in which tips from one-year-old 

 plants were used. H. H. Doolittle, Oaks 

 Corners, New York, was the originator of the 

 method of propagation, and years later a se- 

 lected strain took his name. Doolittle is now 

 seldom found, and its rarity makes a descrip- 

 tion unnecessary. 



EUREKA. Eureka was at one time much 

 prized as an early black raspberry, but is 

 being cultivated less and less, although many 

 nurserymen still find a demand for it. It has 

 the fatal fault of having few canes, hence 

 is unproductive, and the plants are multiplied 

 only with difficulty. The variety originated 

 with Jason Kester, New Carlisle, Ohio, about 

 1885. 



Plants vigorous, upright-spreading, unproductive, 

 hardy ; canes stocky, dark reddish-brown with numerous 



