The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-06-15
DESIRABLE Ruar.
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4 Plea II EeI,aIf Of the Juno Berry.
| Throughout Ohio, Nsw York, and
western Pennsylvania, there grows in
considerable abundance, shrub or
small tree, reaching height of % or 30
feet in some situations, conspicuous in
| carly spring, before the appearance OF
the leaves on the tress of the forest, for
its wealth Of snowy blossoms, known by
The name of shadberry, seryicoberry,
snowy nuspilus, and Juneberry- Most
of my readers will recognize the tree l
am describing, and recall with pleasure
many happy hours oftheir youthful days
spent in the woods and clearings gather
ing and eating the pleasant berries
This aaselatchter cdaadeasfs of the bot
anists belongs TO the natural order rosa
ce1 and is closely allied in its bontanical
structure to the thorn and pear.
While the common variety above re-
fer red to has not been cultivated to any
great extent,except occasionally as an
ornamental tree, or as a curiosity, there
is dwarf sort with all the valuable
characteristics of its taller brother, very
desirable as garden plant, growing
not more than three or four feet high
and bearing profusely of its beautiful
little fruits, to the great delight of the
children and the birds.
This dwarf Juneberry is native of
our northwestern territories and British
Columbia.
The veteran horticultural writer, the
late f. r. Elliott, wrete regarding it
some years ago, quoting from the jour
nal of his son who had been with the
Overland telegraph company in British
and Russian America as follows: "The
mountains and valleys of British Co
lumbia over which fire has swept con-
Stunning all the timber, and leaving moth
ing standing after its departure, are
covered with growth of young pOplars,
and the service berry shrub, which does
not attain great size, although have
seen them ten to twelve feet in height,
but rarely exceeding three TO four feet.
The berries are ripe in August and hang
on until frost. The bears revel among
them at this time of year. Millions of
bushels rIpen and fall to decay"
This dwarf kind, known as AD'e}aHclia
arb'gif0iia, or perhaps more correctly
A cdaddeIlsis, variety o5loHgtfolid, has
been pretty generally disseminated
throughout Kansas but has not had that
attention its merits deserve.
No other plant with which l am ac-
quainted is so hardy as this, being ap-
parently unaffected by extremes of heat,
cold, wet or dry, and producing .abund-
antly every year.
The fruit will not likely compete with
raspberries, blackberries and other stand
ard small fruits, but will supplement
them very we'll. They do not haYe any
very positive character, and are best to
eat ripe from the hand as picked from
the bush, although friend who is very
enthusiastic in its culture, informs me
that his better half very greatly modi-
fies the acidity of the gooseberry by
mixing about half-and-half and stewing
together, thus reducing the sugar bill at
the store. have cultivated it since
1864 and can speak advisedly of its
character and hardness. observe that
itruns into Il variety Of forms in its ma
tive state. differing but little, however,
from the type.
The agents have introduced good
many of the plants into the country I'M
der the name of hucklebcrry, which it
resembles in size and habit of plant, but
in no other particular. This is one of
the receptions which Is benefit, as the
true hucbleberry can not be grown in
Kansas.
The fruit is now ripening and will be
on exhibition at the meeting of the Lyon
county horticultural society next Satur.
day, June 18th, and all are invited to ex-
amino it for themselves, or it can be seen
at my place on south Constitution street.
ROBERT MILLIKEN.