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thicker, while the drupelets are larger, not so closely 

 packed nor so evenly arranged, and are more glossy 

 black in color. The clusters contain fewer fruits, 

 these being more closely crowded toward the top, and 

 borne on stems which are more oblique and stouter. 

 The leaflets are broader, not so long -pointed, coarsely 

 and unevenly serrate or even jagged. There is a ten- 

 dency among varieties of this class to produce a few 

 late fruits on young shoots thrown up from the root. 

 The form is found wild in open, dryish places, mak- 

 ing a low bush some two or three feet high. 



Agawam. Found growing wild in a pasture about 1865 or 

 1870, by John Perkins, of Ipswich, Mass. Plant hardy, vigorous, 

 and productive. Fruit oblong, of medium size, large, black, sweet, 

 and melting to the core, ripening early, or in mid- season. A 

 popular variety, which is not only hardy, but resists drought. 



Black Chief. On trial at the Geneva (N. Y.) Experiment 

 Station. Received from J. H. Haynes, Delphi, Ind. 



Erie (Uncle Tom). A seedling which came up in a small 

 vineyard belonging to L. B. Pierce, of Tallmage, Ohio, in 1876. 

 A patch of Lawton and Kittatinny grew near by, and it probably 

 came from seeds of these, carried by birds. Its resemblance to 

 the Lawton indicates that as its parentage. The variety was sold 

 to Matthew Crawford, in 1884, he in turn selling it to J. T. Lovett, 

 who offered it for sale in 1886. Mr. Lovett first announced it 

 under the name of Uncle Tom, but this name was so strongly ob- 

 jected to by Marshall P. Wilder that it was dropped, and the 

 name Erie substituted, which is the only one under which it was 

 ever offered for sale. A strong, spreading grower, very thorny, 

 productive, but lacking in hardiness in some sections. Season 

 intermediate. Fruit large, roundish oval, of good quality. 



Ford No. 1. On trial at the Geneva Experiment Station. 



Fruitland. A new variety from Ohio. Canes strong, upright, 

 grooved, with greenish red bark. Fruit medium, nearly round, 

 with medium large grains, sweet, good. Geneva (N. Y.) Exp. 

 Sta. Bull. 81. 



Kittatinny. Found in the town of Hope, N. J., near the base 

 of the Kittatinny Mountains, and introduced by E. Williams about 



