GEORGIA-—-GINGKO—GOOSEBERRY 1077 
FROST Pr ecipita- 
tion 
Average Date of D 
STATION g ate of Annual 
First. Last Earliest Latest 
Killing in | Killingin | Killingin | Killing in Inches 
Autumn Spring Autumn Spring 
Clayton...............6.. Oct. 21 April 15 April 24 68.5 
Adairsville............... Oct. 31 April 3 April 24 47.6 
Dahlonega............... Nov. 4 | Mar. 31 April 24 59.9 
Elberton................. Nov. 8 Mar. 29 April 7 50.0 
Atlanta........... ...65. Nov. 7 | Mar. 24 April 10 49 .9 
Covington................ Nov. 9 | Mar. 31 April 11 50.7 
Augusta.........-.....0.. Nov. 9 Mar. 18 April 16 48 .5 
Harrison..............-.. Nov. 12 Mar. 20 April 1 51.4 
Talbatton ..............,. Nov. 12 Mar. 23 April 10 51.7 
Dudley................... Nov. li Mar. 20 April 8 50.1 
Savannah................ Nov. 27 Feb. 26 April 5 51.0 
Lumpkin................. Nov. 11 Mar. 11 Mar. 31 50.5 
Morgan...............6.. Nov. 13 Mar. 10 April 8 50.6 
Poulan............... 02. Nov. 13 Mar. 11 Mar. 50.9 
JESUP... eee ee ee eee Nov. 20 Mar. 17 April 11 57.0 
Waycross.............66. Nov. 18 Mar. 13 April 8 50.8 
Thomasville.............. Nov. 21 Mar. 2 Mar. 19 53.8 
Southern Georgia 
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Gingko 
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A tree much prized by the Chinese and 
Japanese, sometimes regarded as a sacred 
tree and planted near their temples. 
It 
belongs to the genus Salisburia of the 
yew group of conifers. Its fruit, which 
grows to about the size of the American 
plum, has a disagreeable odor, enclosing 
a seed that when roasted tastes some- 
thing like maize or Indian corn. It is 
of no commercial value in this country. 
The tree is a graceful, stately grower, and 
is sometimes planted in Europe for or- 
namental purposes. 
GRANVILLE LOWTHER 
Gooseberry 
The gooseberry is of the genus Rides, 
natural order Samaifragaceae. This fruit 
is native to the Northern hemisphere, 
and grows wild in many parts of North 
America, especially the Eastern and Mid- 
dle United States. 
There are about a half dozen species 
cultivated in Europe, some of them for 
their fruits, and some for their flowers. 
Some of the European varieties grow to 
enormous size, weighing nearly two 
ounces per berry; but these are not the 
best for their fruits and have not proven 
to be successful on the American conti- 
nent on account of their tendency to 
mildew. Also the skin is tough and 
they are very sour. 
History of American Gooseberry 
The history of the American goose- 
berry with notes on culture is given by 
Dr. Wm. Saunders, of the Dominion Ex- 
periment Station, as follows: 
“As late as 1846 no cultivated varieties 
of American species of gooseberries were 
mentioned by writers, the first reference, 
according to Bailey, being in 1849 in the 
Northern Fruit Culturist, by Goodrich, 
where the author writes: ‘We have it 
from good authority that native sorts 
have been discovered both in New Hamp- 
shire and Vermont well adapted to gar- 
den culture. In 1847 the Houghton’s 
Seedling was exhibited at a meeting of 
the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 
this being the first improved form of 
the native gooseberry of which there is a 
record. 
