Varieties of Black Raspberries 153 



inence to the black raspberry as a commercial fruit. It was intro- 

 duced by H. H. Doolittle, of Oaks Corners, N. Y. Said to have been 

 found wild by Leander Joslyn, of Phelps, Ontario county, N. Y. Mr. 

 Doolittle seems to have taken great interest in selecting and improv- 

 ing this fruit. The starting point may have been from this plant, 

 found by Mr. Joslyn, or it may have been from wild plants in general. 

 What gave the American black-cap especial value under this name 

 was, perhaps, not so much the variety itself, as the improved method 

 of propagation adopted by Mr. Doolittle, in which only the tips 

 from one-year-old plants were used. Whether his stock was de- 

 rived from one original plant, or from various selected sources, 

 it is certain that the Doolittle raspberry acquired a fixity of type 

 which made it long the standard cultivated black raspberry. 



Doomore. A seedling found between two rows of Doolittle, by 

 Gustus Swabley, of Tiffin, Ohio, in 1884. 



Dorchester. Mentioned. Guelph, Ont., Exp. Sta., Bull. 27. 



Duncan (Kentucky Prolific, Kentucky Mammoth, Kentucky). 

 Found on the farm of Jack Smith, in Jefferson county, Kentucky, 

 by a man named Duncan. Apparently a popular variety in Ken- 

 tucky. 



Earhart. A variety of Illinois origin, introduced by Hale Brothers 

 about 1886. Glossy black, rather small, ripening very early. Said 

 to produce a small second crop in September. 



Early Cluster. Mentioned. Kept. Mich. Pom. Soc. 1875: 197. 



Early Prolific. Mentioned as "early, a strong grower, nearly 

 thornless, hardy, productive, and of the best quality." Missouri 

 Hort. Soc. Kept. 1883: 79. 



Ebon Beauty. Found by F. L. Piers in a piece of woodland in 

 Indiana, in 1887. 



Ebony (Farnsworth) . Originated as a chance seedling, about 

 1885, on the farm of W. W. Farnsworth, of Waterville, Ohio. 



Edmunds. On trial in Michigan. Fruit irregular and crumbly. 



Egyptian. An early variety. 



Elsie. A seedling raised by Samuel Miller, of Bluff ton, Mo. 

 Large and excellent. Said to be nearly identical with Surprise. 



Emperor. Mentioned in the Mich. Exp. Sta. Bull. Ill, p. 273. 



Eureka. Said to have been discovered wild on the farm of Jacob 



