238 BUSH-FBUITS 



Needham If /ii/e.— Introduced to notice by J. Shed Needham, 

 of Massachusetts, sometime about 1850. Described as of lilac 

 color, similar to the black varieties in shape, though not quite 

 so large. Of good flavor. Canes light green and thickly covered 

 with short, stiff, green hairs. Though said to be immensely pro- 

 ductive, Fuller later speaks of it as unproductive and not worth 

 cultivating. Mentioned in the Transactions of the Ohio Hort. 

 Soc. for 1869, p. 69, as of little value. 



Parish Pinl\ — Another white variety of no more value than 

 the rest. 



Texas Hybrid (Texas Pink Hybrid). — Described as vigorous 

 and prolific, earlier than Snyder, of medium size, delicate pink 

 color, sweet and nearly free from seed. Found to be of no 

 value in Ohio. 



V. The Loose-cluster Blackberries 

 Biibus nigrobaccus X viUosus 



These are hybrids between the blackberry and the 

 common dewberry of the eastern states. Their dis- 

 tinguishing feature is to be found in the intermediate 

 character between the two parents. The bushes are 

 low and more or less reclining, the leaflets are broad 

 and jagged, usually three, both on young shoots and 

 bearing canes. The fruit is short and roundish, 

 borne in few- to many -flowered clusters, interspersed 

 with numerous simple broad leaves. The type is com- 

 mon in the wild state where the two species are found 

 growing together. 



Eureka. — In 1876 William Parry selected the best and most 

 perfect berries of Wilson's Early, grown by the side of the Dor- 

 chester, planted them, grew the seedlings together for four years, 

 then selected the best, which was named Eureka, the others being 

 destroyed.— Mich. Hort. Soc. Kept. 1886: 407. 



Mammoth (Thompson's Early Mammoth). — Said to be like the 

 Wilson in size and general habit of growth, a few days earlier, 

 and of rather better quality, large and good. Others pronounce 

 it no improvement over the Wilson. 



