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2. The Multicaulis group. — Morus latifolia. 



3. The Japanese group. — Morus Japonica. 



4. The Black Mulberry group. — Morus nigra. 



5. The Red or Native Mulberry group. — Morus rubra. 



5. (a) Lampasas mulberry. — Var. tomentosa. 

 He says : " Mulberries can be propagated by cuttings of the 

 ripe wood or of roots. Cuttings start best under glass. Some 

 nurserymen propagate by short cuttings indoors, starting 

 them in February or March. The cheap Russian mulberry 

 stocks, from the West, have supplanted cutting-propagation 

 very largely. The named sorts are grafted upon these Russian 

 roots in winter, with fair success, in the same manner in which 

 apple-trees are root-grafted, or they are sometimes crown- 

 grafted, the stocks for this purpose being grown in pots or 

 boxes. Ordinary fall budding in the field is not successful 

 with mulberries, but spring budding gives good results. 

 Spring budding has been employed and recommended cer- 

 tainly for thirty years, but it does not yet appear to be a com- 

 mon practice. S. D. Willard, Geneva, N. Y., who grows 

 quantities of mulberries, has several times shown me his stock, 

 which is propagated by spring scion-budding. This is per- 

 formed just before the foliage is out, or as soon as the bark 

 slips freely. Fig. 74 explains the operation. The incision in 

 the stock is the same as for the ordinary fall budding. The 

 scion carries one 01* two buds, and is cut upon one side only. 

 This prepared side is inserted next the wood in the stock, 

 and is held in place by string, as for fall budding." 



Varieties. 



Downing.* (Downing's Everbearing.) Large, black, sub-acid, 

 very good. Prolific, but not entirely hardy in Northern States. 

 A valuable sort, not readily obtained, as New American is com- 

 monly substituted for it. The leaf of the latter is smaller and 

 not so pointed. Fig. 568. New York. 



Hicks. (Hicks' Everbearing.) Medium, very sweet ; good. Tree 

 vigorous and a profuse bearer. Season extends over three or four 

 mouths. Kentucky. Fig. 569- 



Tohnson Very large, black, two inches by three-fourths of an 

 inch, sub-acid. Tree strong, irregular, poor bearer. Ohio. 

 Being superseded by other varieties. 



