BLACK-CAP VARIETIES 169 



Described as a vigorous grower, very hardy, and exceedingly 

 thorny, rooting at the tips with unusual ease. Fruit similar to 

 Gregg, fully as large, ripening a week earlier, with less bloom; 

 juicy, of excellent flavor, and firm enough to ship well. One of 

 the promising newer varieties. 



Kellogg. A. chance seedling, originally found by George J. 

 Kellogg, of Wisconsin, about 1875. Claimed to be hardy, vigor- 

 ous and productive. Similar to Doolittle. 



Kerr Wliite. Reported as on trial in Michigan, where it 

 proved to be large, of moderate vigor and productiveness, with 

 light yellow, pubescent fruit. 



Key Prolific (Johnston's Sweet). A black-cap found in the 

 Ozark Mountains, Ark. Grown in Iowa since about 1881. De- 

 scribed as vigorous, very hardy, productive ; not nearly as large 

 as Gregg ; jet black, without bloom, medium to late ; of good 

 flavor, very sweet, and excellent for drying. Reintroduced by 

 Robert Johnston, of Shortsville, N. Y., in 1886, as Johnston's 

 Sweet. la. Hort. Soc. 1887: 98. 



Kimball. Reported from Rhode Island in 1885 by Joseph H. 

 Bourne, of Providence, as a promising new variety, earlier than 

 Souhegan. Found by him growing wild on the farm of James 

 Kimball, near Providence. Never introduced. Mich. Exp. Sta. 

 Bull. Ill: 287. 



Lindsey.A. variety said to have originated in Michigan. 

 Fruit of medium size, between Doolittle and Gregg, and said to 

 be better and firmer. la. Hort. Soc. Rept. 1882: 478. 



Little (Little's Black-Cap). Originated with John Little, of 

 Ontario. Sent to T. T. Lyon, of Michigan, in 1881. Described 

 as hardy, moderately vigorous, with rather slender, reddish brown 

 canes, almost without spines, which are purplish white. Fruit 

 small, roundish, glossy black, firm, seedy, juicy, acid, rich. 

 Much like Davison's Thornless. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rept. 1882:169. 



Lotto, (Brackett's No. 101). Originated on the farm of G. 

 C. Brackett, of Lawrence, Kans. A vigorous, hardy and pro- 

 ductive variety. Fruit large, round, black, with slight bloom ; 

 quality good; as large as Gregg and somewhat earlier. This is 

 one of the really promising varieties of recent introduction. As 

 on trial at the Cornell University Experiment Station, it appeared 

 to lead all others in productiveness. 



Lovett. Found among a lot of wild seedlings on the grounds 

 of Ezra Wood, of Ohio. Introduced by J. T. Lovett Co., of 

 New Jersey. Said to be vigorous, productive, and to ripen early. 

 Fruit firm, of good size, black, with only slight bloom; apparently 

 thornless. Resembles Tyler in general characteristics. 



