Juneberries 381 



A leaf-bettle, Galerucella decora, Say, was found to be 

 destructive to the foliage of the low blueberries. Spraying 

 would doubtless control it but is hardly feasible under 

 ordinary conditions. 



Among other insects mentioned, the currant fruit- 

 weevil, Pseudanthonomus validus, Dietz., is of interest. 

 This has been reported as a serious pest of the currant 

 in Montana, and is found attacking two species of low 

 blueberry in this region in Maine. Several other species 

 are also treated. 



JUNEBERRIES 



The juneberry has received but little attention in cul- 

 tivation, though not from any difficulty in growing it, 

 as with the huckleberry. The greatest impetus to its 

 culture came with the introduction of the variety known 

 as Success. This was brought to notice by H. E. Van 

 Deman, then chief of the Division of Pomology of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture. It was found 

 by him in Kansas, 1 having been brought from Illinois, 

 where it had been grown from seeds gathered in the moun- 

 tains of Pennsylvania. Van Deman gave it the name 

 Success, and began selling plants about 1878. Some ten 

 years later the stock was sold to J. T. Lovett, of New 

 Jersey. 



The juneberry has often been confused with the huckle- 

 berry in parts of the West. It was grown for a number of 

 years by James Hall, of Davenport, Iowa, who, under the 

 name huckleberry, recommended its extensive planting 

 1 Annals of Horticulture, Bailey, 1891: 51. 



