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Identifier: fruitculture02inte (find matches)
Title: (Fruit culture)
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: International Library of Technology
Subjects: Fruit-culture
Publisher: Scranton, Pa., International Textbook Co.
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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TheMercereau is a promisingvariety in sections whereit is not winter killed. The Rathbiui black-berry, shown in Fig. 2, hasa moderately strong-grow-ing bush, but is nothardy enough for someparts of the northernUnited States and forCanada. The fruit islarge, black, and of goodquality. The Snyder blackberry,shown in Fig. 3, has avigorous-growing andproductive bush, and isone of the hardiest. Thefruit is of medium size,black, but sometimesmarked with a reddishtinge, juicy, sweet, and ofgood quality. The fruitripens in mid-season or alittle earlier. The Blowers black-berry, shown in Fig. 4,has a good-growing bush.The fruit is attractive andof good quality and ripensearly in the season. Thisis a new and promisingvariety. 7. Selection of Vari-eties Suitable to aLocation. According to 18 BLACKBERRIES AND DEWBERRIES infomiation compiled by the American Pom.ological Society,varieties of blackberries, like varieties of other fniits, varywidely in their adaptability to different sections of the
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Fig. 3 country. Some varieties have been found to succeed well inmany different parts of the country, but with varying degreesof success in different sections, and other varieties have beenfound to do well in a few sections only. To simplify matters, 249—28 BLACKBERRIES AND DEWBERRIES 18 the Society has divided the United States and the lower partof Canada into eighteen pomological divisions, or districts.These districts have nothing to do with the state or provincial f - i)»iiiiiiiiiiqiriiiiiiiifc ^^^^^^BJi^ «P^ Fig. 4 boundaries but consist of territory adapted, because of itsnatural conditions, to the growing of fruits. In making upthese districts due consideration was given to the influence oflatitude, elevation, prevailing winds, and the nearness tooceans and lakes. These eighteen districts are outlined andnumbered on the map in Fig. 5.

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