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foliage expands on the stocks used, or as soon as the bark slips freely. 

 In spring; or summer Ijudding the buds appear to be drowned out b}' 

 the free flow of milky sap. 



VARIETIES. 



Black English. — Under this general name a variety is much 

 cultivated in the South. It is a low grower, not exceeding fifteen 

 feet in height, with spreading to)) and deeply lobed leaves. Fruit 

 one and one-half inches long and nearly an inch in diameter; quality 

 better than anj' of our American varieties — Ijut not hardy north of the 

 fortieth parallel even on tlie east coast. 



Black Persian. — Large, thick, fleshy, quality ver}^ rich and good; 

 extensively grown in California, Arizona, Texas, and the South. It 

 belongs to the Mams iiiijrn species of Ea,st hAirope. In California 

 this variety fruits continually from May imtil October, and under 

 irrigation it behaves the same in Arizona and Texas. 



New AniPriean. 



Downing. — Large, one and one-quarter inches long and three- 

 quarters of an inch in diameter; color blue Ijlack. Flesh juicy, rich, 

 with sprightly flavor. Hardy east of the lakes and south of the 

 forty-first parallel in the West. 



Hicks Everbearing. — JIuch like Downing in size, color, and quality 

 but not as hardy in tree; originated in Kentucky. A variety of the 

 native red species of the South [Moru.'i rubra). 



