parry's experience ^19 



are u r ""d market berries, large and early, measure 

 4 inches around lengthwise, and :i\, crosswise; not 

 quite so Large as Wilson Junior; therefore we have 

 Lisposed of or parted with any plants of Eureka, 

 as we do nol approve of adding to the list of varie- 

 ties without gaining an\ new and valuable qualities. 



"In 1879 we extended the experimenl by select- 

 ing the besl berries from both plants, sel the 

 seedlings in rows separately, and when they devel- 

 oped their fruits, we selected two from the Wilson 

 Early seedling, called Rioter and Parmer's Glorj ; 

 also two from the Dorchester seedling, called Gold 

 I)u>t and Primordian. All the other seedlings were 

 destroyed. Those four new seedlings were satisfac- 

 tory lasl year (1884), bore abundantly of large 

 early fruit. The Gold Dust was remarkable for the 

 short time in which the whole crop was ripening. 

 The first picking was on 4th of July and the lasl 

 on 8th of July, yielding a full crop of fruit in that 

 short time. In L880 we increased the number of 

 our experimental hills for breeders, by setting one 

 plant of Eureka and one of Wallace in same hill; 

 a No one plant of Taylor's Prolific and one of Eureka 

 in another bill, and in l s> -! gathered the best berries 

 from all four varieties, planted the Beeds, and now 

 1885] have the plants growing in nursery row- sel 

 si\ feet apart and all marked with the name of both 

 parents, and <lat<-. for future reference." Of these 

 types of varieties, onlj the two Wilsons ever gained 

 much prominence. 



The Wilson Early and Wilson Junior blackberries 

 are -till the leading varieties of the loose -clustered 

 type, but the latter is bo nearlj like the former, thai 



