. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 256. Lucretia. (XVs) a range in latitude from the coldest to the warmest in which dewbeiTies can be grown. The plants have the faults of being susceptible to anthracnose, and of producing many double with resultant sterility. The quality of the fruit, while not the best, is good, but the large jet-black berries are more inviting in appearance than in taste. The original plant was discovered in West Virginia soon after the Civil War, but the variety was introduced from Ohio about 1876. Plants vigorous, trailing, productive, half-hard
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 256. Lucretia. (XVs) a range in latitude from the coldest to the warmest in which dewbeiTies can be grown. The plants have the faults of being susceptible to anthracnose, and of producing many double with resultant sterility. The quality of the fruit, while not the best, is good, but the large jet-black berries are more inviting in appearance than in taste. The original plant was discovered in West Virginia soon after the Civil War, but the variety was introduced from Ohio about 1876. Plants vigorous, trailing, productive, , re- quiring winter protection; canes slender, long, numer- ous, round, greenish-brown, with strong, rather blunt prickles. Leaflets 3-5, some- times 7. oval, variable in shape, pubescent above and beneath, coarsely serrate. Flowers nearly 2 inches in diameter, 3-5, in short, open, leafy, prickly co- rymbs. Fruit early mid- season, large, cylindrical, tapering slightlv, jet black ; core long, conical, soft ; drupelets large, round; flesh firm, juicy, sweet, rich : quality good ; seeds large, soft. MAHDI. Fig. 257. Like the laxtonberry, Mahdi is a cross be- tween the loganberry and a raspberry. It is still on probation, al- though the consensus. 257. Mahdi. (XVs). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hedrick, U. P. New York, The Macmillan company
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