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dry them and sort them into different sizes by passing them 

 through sieves of various dimensions. The middle size 

 are the best for replanting. K. 



Art. V. Notice of a large fruited and large leafed variety 

 of the Native Black Mulberry. In a letter to J. S. Skin- 

 ner, Esq. By Hon. E. Whittlesey, Ohio. Commurii- 

 cated by Mr. Skinner. 



My Dear Sir, — I make you the medium of communicat- 

 ing to the public, in such manner as your judgment shall 

 deem to be best, the impress of a leaf of the native black 

 mulberry, presented by Mr. T. A. Denormandie, of New 

 Lisbon, who received it from Mr. Jacob N. Brown of 

 Brooks county, Virginia, proprietor of the Neesley farm, 

 where the earliest attention was paid to the cultivation of 

 fruit in the wrslcrn country. 



Mr. Denormandie has an extensive nursery of engrafted 

 apples, consisting in part of a variety of choice native 

 fruit. 



The fruit of this mulberry is said to be from 2 to 2| 

 inches in length, and of delicious flavor. Mr. Brown in- 

 formed Mr. Denormandie, that it was considered by some 

 of the western silk growers, as superior in fineness to the 

 Italian or mullicaulus for silk, and that the worm was not 

 liable to be diseased, as is often the case when feeding on 

 the mullicaulus. Although the leaf from which the im- 

 pression is made was 13-^ inches in length, and O^ inches 

 in width, Mr. Denormandie says, it was by no means the 

 largest class on the tree. 



Silk will ere long, be one of the great staples of the 

 United States, and if the representations are correct, and I 

 do not doubt them from the source they are derived, the 

 existence of this tree may be important to those engaged in 

 its growth and manufacture. 



Most sincerely yours, 



E. Whittlesey. 



Canfield, Trumbull Co.., Ohio, April, 1844. 



An impress of the leaf of this mulberry accompanied 

 the above communication ; but from its great size we are 



