1915. 
THE RUR.-A.L. NEW-YORKER 
71 
Ruralisms 
FRUIT NOTES FROM MISSOURI. 
IIE blackberry-dewberry hybrids, of 
which the McDonald, described on 
page 12S7, is the best example, seem to 
represent the coming type of the black¬ 
berry, for they have several points of su¬ 
periority over the present one. They are 
more vigorous in growth and therefore 
resist drought better; they succeed bet¬ 
ter on thin soil; they adapt themselves 
better to the wire trellis, which I think 
is surely destined to supersede the pres¬ 
ent style of non-support. So far as 1 
have observed, they are entirely exempt 
from the rust, which fact adds immense¬ 
May 28.—Some McDonald black. 
June 1.—McDonald ripening. 
Harvest showing red. 
June 6.—Picked 2*4 crates of McDonald. 
Harvest, some few berries black but 
none to pick. 
June 12.—McDonald all picked (except 
a few extra large and belated ones). 
Harvest half gone except on very full 
bushes. 
(Time of ripening depends in part on 
fullness of yield). 
Bundy, one good picking. 
Maxwell, a few berries black. 
Sorsby, ditto. 
King begins to ripen. 
Lucretia dewberry, a few ripe berries. 
June 15.—Maxwell, some dead ripe, many 
quite green. 
Sorsby, a few ripe (very heavy crop). 
King, 1st picking of fine berries. 
Eucretia and Austin. 1st good picking. 
Bundy, exceedingly productive. 
SPRAY OF MAXWELL BLACKBERRY. Fig. 22. 
ly to their value, for it relieves them 
from by far the most formidable enemy 
of their family, and practically their only 
enemy. To this type belong the Ilaupt 
(discarded here for its thorns and imper¬ 
fect pollination) the Jordan, the Sorsby 
and the Maxwell. There are others which 
show traces of the vining habit, such as 
the Wilson, Mersereau, Dallas and a new 
seedling I call the Bundy, but the Mer¬ 
sereau is known to be quite subject to 
rust, and I have seen one instance of 
it in the case of the Bundy. I wish to 
deal in these notes particularly with the 
second earlies among blackberries (in 
which term I include the hybrids). I 
have referred to the McDonald as by far 
Robinson, a few ripe. 
McDonald, unpicked berries hang on 
for many days in good condition. 
June 17.—Sorsby, 1st picking. 
Dallas, ditto, but Sorsby is really ear¬ 
lier by four or five days. 
King, second picking, very heavy. 
Harvest, heavily loaded bushes* ripen 
on into midseason. 
McDonald, still finding ripe berries of 
largest size. 
Maxwell, probably as early as Sorsby 
and Dallas but ripens slowly. 
June 29.—Eldorado and Mersereau, 1st 
picking. 
King, last good picking. 
Sorsby and Dallas still ripening. 
Maxwell and Bundy still ripening (lat¬ 
ter overloaded). 
Jordan yielding some very large berries 
but shy bearer. 
MAXWELL BLACKBERRY NATURAL SIZE. Fig. 23. 
the best of all extra earlies. The next 
question is the selection of the best sec¬ 
ond earlies to follow on till the standard 
mid-season sorts, such as Eldorado, be¬ 
gin to ripen. This is not so easily de¬ 
termined. I have in the past been using 
with satisfaction the King. It ripens 
about 10 days after the first Early Har¬ 
vest. But in the Maxwell and Sorsby 
and perhaps the Dallas and Jordan, I 
have found something that I may like 
better. I am especially pleased with 
Maxwell and Sorsby but the last two 
must be given further trial. To give the 
clearest idea of the seasons of all these I 
will quote my book for fruit conditions 
on various dates. 
April 25.—First blossoms seen on Mc¬ 
Donald. None elsewhere. 
Peaches ready to shed calyx. 
Plums ready to shed calyx. 
Cherries, still blooming. 
Raspberries in bud. 
Apples, in bloom and shedding petals. 
Gooseberries forming berries and first 
green worms discovered. 
Himalaya ripening. 
July 4.—Taylor’s Prolific ripening (lat¬ 
est variety). 
Jordan still ripening. 
Sorsby and Dallas gone. 
Maxwell and King gone. 
In summing up the comparative merits 
of these hybrid second earlies, it is im¬ 
possible to speak with finality without 
further trial. This year was the first 
crop of some but I am attracted towards 
the Maxwell on account of its size, beau¬ 
ty and extra good quality. When fully 
ripe its berries are not surpassed in de¬ 
licious flavor, and would readily sell as 
dewberries, thereby enhancing their value 
but a correspondent thinks it soft for dis¬ 
tant shipment. It is also an objection 
that it ripens over such a long period. 
It lacks a few days of ripening early 
enough to prevent any break after Mc¬ 
Donald though that berry, if not picked, 
would remain in perfect condition long 
enough to reach well into its season. 
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