444 THE BLACKBERRY. 



CAPE MAY. 



Fruit large, black, sweet, quite soft, loses color soon after gathering, 

 not valuable. 



COLONEL WILDER. 



Introduced by John B. Orange. 



Fruit of medium size, oblong, light cream color, moderately firm, 

 does not fill well. 



CRYSTAL WHITE. 



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Orange's Crystal. 



Introduced by John B. Orange, Albion, 111. It is a vigorous grower, 

 suckers freely, and not hardy. Does not set its fruit well. 



Fruit medium, oblong oval, light creamy white, translucent, sweet. 

 Good. Only desirable as a curiosity. 



CUMBERLAND. 



A New Jersey variety, productive, hardy. 

 Fruit medium, black, sweet, early. 



CUT-LEAVED. 

 Parsley Leaved. 



An old European variety, valued more for its curious foliage than 

 for the amount of its fruit. 



Fruit roundish, black, sweet, with a musky peculiar flavor. 



CUTTER'S MULBERRY. 



Introduced by G. B. Cutter, Newtown, Mass. 

 Fruit long, slender, remarkably sweet. (Hov. Mag.) 



DOCTOR WARDER. 



Introduced by John B. Orange. 



Fruit rather shorter and thicker than the Albion, nearly as large. 

 Color dark rosy red. (Hov. Mag.) 



DORCHESTER. 



Introduced to notice by the late Capt. Lovett, of Beverly, Mass. 

 Nearly equal in size to New Rochelle, of a more elongated form, grains 

 rather smaller, somewhat sweeter, and producing large crops of high- 

 flavored fruit, a vigorous grower. 



Fruit large, oblong conic, sometimes measuring an inch and a quar- 

 ter in length, of a deep shining black. The berries should be fully ma- 

 tured before they are gathered ; it bears carriage well. Ripens about 

 the first of August. 



