Varieties of Blackberries and Dewberries 217 



Boston High-Bush. Mentioned. Kept. Calif. Hort. Soc. 1886, 

 p. 234. Dorchester may be meant. 



Brandenburg. Mentioned in Hovey's Magazine, 1868, p. 286. 



Brunton Early. An early variety which originated in Illinois. 

 Similar to Early Harvest in habit of growth. Apparently deficient 

 in pollen production, or self-sterile, and unproductive when planted 

 alone. Of little value. 



Cape May. "Fruit large, black, sweet." Downing. 



Carlo. Grown at the Geneva (N. Y.) Experiment Station. 

 Unpromising. 



Cherry Valley. Originated near Cherry Valley, 111. 111. Hort. Soc. 

 Kept. 1882 : 284. 



Clark. ^Mentioned in The Rural New-Yorker for 1897, p. 598, 

 as received from Matthew Crawford the spring previous. 



Colonel Wilder. Introduced by John B. Orange, and named in 

 honor of Marshall P. Wilder. Of a bright cream color, large size, 

 oblong, almost pointed, of superior flavor and quality. Mr. Orange 

 regarded this as the most valuable of his white varieties. Hov. 

 Mag. 1864 : 360. 



Crystal White (Orange's Crystal). Originated and introduced 

 by John B. Orange. Upright, with strong, green spines, lacking in 

 hardiness, and suckering freely. Fruit large, roundish oval, clear, 

 rich white when fully ripe, sweet, of good flavor and ripening early. 



Cumberland. Formerly known about Bridgeton, N. J. Fuller. 



Cutter Mulberry. Introduced by G. B. Cutter, Newton, Mass., 

 about 1859. Fruit long, slender, sweet. Hov. Mag. 1859 : 397. 



Dallas. A Texas variety, found hardy, vigorous, productive and 

 reliable there, but of little value in the North. 



Dehring. An early variety, about equal to Brunton in hardiness 

 and productiveness; fruit small. 



Doctor Warder. Originated and introduced by John B. Orange. 

 Color dark ruddy red, quality good. 



Dodge Thornless. Mentioned. Agr. of Mass., 1868-9, p. 72. 



Dorchester (Improved High Bush). A seedling introduced by 

 Eliphalet Thayer, of Dorchester, Mass., who first exhibited it before 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, August 7, 1841. It was 

 largely brought to public notice by Capt. Josiah Lovett, of Beverly, 



