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named variety of black-cap introduced into cultivation. 

 It was found in the state of Ohio, and introduced to public 

 notice by Nicholas Longworth, of Cincinnati, who began 

 its culture in 1832. Next came the American Black, also 

 named Joslyn's Black-cap, Joslyn's Improved, Joslyn's 

 Improved Black-cap, American Improved, etc., but 

 which finally came to be known the country over as Doo- 

 little. This was found growing wild by Leander Joslyn, 

 of Phelps, Ontario County, New York, and introduced by 

 H. H. Doolittle, of Oaks Corners, about 1850. It is said 

 to have owed its especial prominence and value to the 

 method by which it was propagated, only the tips from 

 one-year-old plants being used. This variety did much to 

 spread the cultivation of black-caps throughout the coun- 

 try, and the impetus then gained has steadily increased, 

 until the fruit has become one of the most important. 

 The development of the evaporating industry has done 

 much to increase the extent of its cultivation. 



Formerly it was one of the most easily grown and most 

 uniformly successful fruits in cultivation, but in some 

 localities the industry has been seriously threatened by 

 the spread of fungous diseases, notably the anthracnose. 

 We are now learning better how to control this malady 

 so that the industry is not likely to be crippled. 



Since the black-cap is the youngest member of the rasp- 

 berry family, there is reason, to hope for much progress 

 in its development. Marked improvement is to be seen 

 in the best varieties of the present day over the wild plants 

 of the woods, or those first introduced. This improvement 

 seems to be going on rapidly, and there is no reason why 

 it should not continue. We want not only better size and 



