. Bush-fruits. Berries; Fruit-culture. Varieties of Gooseberries 317 varieties, the variety Mountain being the only one of prominence known to have been derived in part from this species. The prickly character of the fruit is against it, but smooth-fruited forms occur and the fruit is larger than that of R. hirtellum. Ribes setosum, Lindl. and R. inerme, Rydb. are believed to be sparingly represented in cultivation. The former appears to be a gradation species of a series begin- ning with R. hirtellum in the East, R. oxyacan- thoides of the Plains, R. setosum, from northwest- ern Nebraska west
. Bush-fruits. Berries; Fruit-culture. Varieties of Gooseberries 317 varieties, the variety Mountain being the only one of prominence known to have been derived in part from this species. The prickly character of the fruit is against it, but smooth-fruited forms occur and the fruit is larger than that of R. hirtellum. Ribes setosum, Lindl. and R. inerme, Rydb. are believed to be sparingly represented in cultivation. The former appears to be a gradation species of a series begin- ning with R. hirtellum in the East, R. oxyacan- thoides of the Plains, R. setosum, from northwest- ern Nebraska west and northward and R. irri- guum, of the Pacific slope. Rib e s missouriense, Nutt., the fragile-flowered gooseberry of the Plains, more commonly known as R. gracile (Fig. 45), is a promising species for that region and has been largely used in plant-breeding work at the South Dakota Experiment Station in seeking to develop varieties better adapted to the northern Plains region. This species and the form commonly known as R. rotundifolium have also been used by W. F. Vanfleet in producing hybrids in the East, with promising results. (" Rural New Yorker", 1907: 622.) The European species (Ribes Grossularia) has been long. Fig. 45. Ribes missouriense (X2/s).. 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 Card, Fred Wallace, 1863-. New York, Macmillan
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