. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 253. Snyder. (XD SNYDER. Fig. 253. The fruit is not in- viting in appearance and taste and turns red after picking, faults that condemn Snyder; but the plants rejoice in such vigor, health, productiveness, and hardiness that for seventy years the variety has been a standard. At the beginning of this century, Snyder was probably the best known of all blackberries, but several rivals in season now surpass it, so that its popularity is rapidl}^ on the wane, although the variety is still to be found from the Atlantic to the Pacific, except in the
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 253. Snyder. (XD SNYDER. Fig. 253. The fruit is not in- viting in appearance and taste and turns red after picking, faults that condemn Snyder; but the plants rejoice in such vigor, health, productiveness, and hardiness that for seventy years the variety has been a standard. At the beginning of this century, Snyder was probably the best known of all blackberries, but several rivals in season now surpass it, so that its popularity is rapidl}^ on the wane, although the variety is still to be found from the Atlantic to the Pacific, except in the South. It does well on rather poor, light soils. The variety originated with Henry Snyder, La Porte, Indiana, about 1851. Plants tall, upright, very vigorous, hardy and pro- ductive ; canes numerous, stocky, rough, furrowed, reddish-brown, with many very large, thick, straight thorns. Leaflets mostly 5, palmate, ovate-lanceolate, narrow, pubescent above and beneath, apex acute, sharply serrate in a double series. Flowers 1% inches in diameter, 15-20, in long, leafy racemes. Fruit mid- season, season short, of medium size, glossy black; core elongated, soft, white; drupelets large, round; flesh firm, sweet, poorly flavored; quality poor; seeds large, soft. SORSBY. This variety is recommended by small-fruit growers in Texas and neighboring states, but finds no favor elsewhere. On the grounds of the New York Agricultural Ex- periment Station, the plants flourish like the biblical bay, but refuse to set fruit other than mere nubbins. The variety, even where it does well, is more or less self-sterile, and must be set with other sorts to pollenize it. It is said to be a dewberr^'-blackbeny h3-brid, which, in plant, closely resembles McDonald, although the berries are smaller than those of the latter variety but even more delicious. Sorsby is said to be taking the place of Early Harv^est in parts of Texas. Except that it is a comparatively recent acquisition from Texas, nothing seems
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