370 SOLAN ACE AE (NIGHTSHADE FAMILY) 



elongates, becomes thin and much inflated, ten-ribbed, netted 

 with purple veins, quite enclosing the two-celled, globular berry, 

 the five triangular teeth meeting at the tip ; often the envelope 

 is ruptured by the swelling fruit, or "cherry," which is purplish 

 red, nearly an inch in diameter, with a sweet and somewhat sticky 

 pulp, in which many flattened, yellowish brown seeds are em- 

 bedded. 



Means of control 



Prevent seed development by closely cutting or pulling the plants 

 while in early bloom. 



LOW HAIRY GROUND CHERRY 

 Physalis pubescens, L. 



Other English names: Bladder Cherry, Dwarf Cape Gooseberry, 



Husk Tomato, Strawberry Tomato. 

 Native. Annual. Propagates by seeds. 

 Time of bloom : July to September. 

 Seed-time: Late August to November. 

 Range: Pennsylvania to California, southward to Florida and 



Mexico. 

 Habitat : Sandy soils ; fields, meadows, pastures, waste places. 



Frequently cultivated at the North, but in the Southern States 

 often obnoxiously plentiful as a weed. Stem slender, angled, hairy, 

 decumbent at base, widely branching, seldom rising more than a 

 foot above the ground but often extending for a yard or more in all 

 directions. Leaves thin, long ovate, pointed, wavy-edged or entire, 

 rounded or abruptly narrowed at base, the veins and petioles usu- 

 ally hairy. Flowers less than a half-inch broad, pale yellow with 

 brown-spotted throat, the five-lobed calyx at first short and hairy 

 but becoming thin, membranous, and nearly smooth as it enlarges 

 and envelops the growing fruit; the more prominent ribs form a 

 ring of small knobs around its peduncle. The berry within is yel- 

 low, about a half-inch in diameter, not sticky like that of the 

 Tomatillo, but more pleasant to the taste, being slightly acid. 



Means of control the same as for the preceding species. 



