MULBERRY 



1369 



Mcintosh Red 

 This ADDle Does Especially Well in the Bitter Root Valley and Is the Principal Variety Grown 



There. (See p. 1366.) 



worm. Their fruit may be used for wine 

 and dessert. The wood of the red mul- 

 berry is fine grained, strong and useful 

 for building purposes. 



Granville Lowther. 



Yarieties 



From the standpoint of fruit produc- 

 tion the North Carolina Station recom- 

 mends the following varieties for plant- 

 ing about the farm. New American, 

 Black English, Stubbs and Townsend of 

 the black-fruited varieties, and White 

 English and White Russian of the white- 

 fruited sorts. Of the New American, Pro- 

 fessor Bailey, in an early bulletin of the 

 Cornell station, states that it is the best 

 sort known for the Northern states. The 

 tree is a hardy, vigorous grower, produc- 

 tive, and bears continuously from late 

 June until September. Large trees will 

 produce 10 bushels of fruit in a season. 

 The fruit varies in length from one to 

 two inches and is a glossy black when 

 ripe. It is frequently sold for the Down- 

 ing, but is superior to that variety. 



The Black English is considered by 

 Hume and Reimer as one of the most 

 satisfactory varieties for planting in 

 North Carolina. The tree is a strong up- 

 right grower, and bears a large amount 

 of fruit of medium size from May to July. 

 The flavor is sweetish and the quality 

 only fair. The Townsend is considered 

 by the same authors as the earliest fruit- 

 ing variety now grown, ripening in Flo- 

 rida from the latter part of March 

 through April. The trees are very pro- 

 lific, fruiting abundantly in the nursery 

 row one year from grafting. It is of 

 medium size, 1 by V2 inch, black, with a 

 sweetish flavor not differing from other 

 mulberries. 



The Stubbs is a wide-spreading, vigor- 

 ous, proliflc variety. The fruit is very 

 large, varying from 1% to 2 inches in 

 length and from ^2 to % inch in diame- 

 ter, with a bright deep-red color, becom- 

 ing black, subacid, and of excellent qual- 

 ity. The ripening season in North Caro- 

 lina is from June to August. 



Of the white-fruited varieties recom- 



