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Davis. A yellow-cap, said to be a few days earlier than 

 Golden Queen. Found on the banks of the New River, North 

 Carolina, some years ago, by an old lady named Davis. It was 

 brought to notice by L. P. Hodges, of Sands, that state. Mich. 

 Exp. Bull. Ill: 268. 



Damson (Davison's Thornless). Said to have originated in 

 the garden of Mrs. Mercy Davison, of Gowanda, N. Y. Sent out 

 by Joseph Clinton some time prior to 1866. Probably the earliest 

 variety grown. This, together with the sweetness of its fruit 

 and its freedom from thorns, gave it popularity for the home gar- 

 den. Not a vigorous grower, and deficient in productiveness. 



Doollttle (Joslyn, Joslyn's Improved, Joslyn's Black-cap, 

 American Improved, etc. ). This was the first variety which 

 really gave prominence to the black raspberry as a commercial 

 fruit. It was introduced by H. H. Doolittle, of Oaks Corners, 

 N. Y. Said to have been found wild by Leander Joslyn, of 

 Phelps, Ontario county, N. Y. Mr. Doolittle seems to have taken 

 great interest in selecting and improving this fruit. The start- 

 ing point may have been from this plant, found by Mr. Joslyn, 

 or it may have been from wild plants in general. What gave 

 the American black -cap especial value under this name was, 

 perhaps, not so much the variety itself, as the improved method 

 of propagation adopted by Mr. Doolittle, in which only the tips 

 from one-year-old plants were used. Whether his stock was de- 

 rived from one original plant, or from various selected sources, 

 it is certain that the Doolittle raspberry acquired a fixity of 

 type which made it long the standard cultivated black raspberry. 

 It is even yet not far behind many more popular varieties. 



Doomore. A seedling found between two rows of Doolittle, 

 by Gustus Swabley, of Tiffin, Ohio, in 1884. Described by him 

 as tall, erect, with deep blue canes. Fruit without bloom, 

 about the size of the Ohio, ripening somewhat earlier; very 

 productive. Mich. Exp. Sta. Bull. Ill: 270. 



Dorchester. Mentioned in Bulletin 27 of the Guelph, Ontario, 

 Exp. Sta. 



Duncan (Kentucky Prolific, Kentucky Mammoth, Kentucky). 

 Said to have been a chance seedling found on the farm of Jack 

 Smith, in Jefferson county, Kentucky, by a man named Duncan. 

 Apparently a popular variety in Kentucky. Said to be as large as 

 Mammoth Cluster; better in color, firmer, and a better shipper, 

 succeeding on all soils. Country Gentleman, 1876: 175. 



Earhart.A variety of Illinois origin, introduced by Hale 

 Brothers about 1886. Described as vigorous, hardy, and quite 

 productive. Glossy black, rather small, ripening very early. 

 Produces a small second crop in September. 



