Archive image from page 326 of Cyclopedia of hardy fruits (1922). Cyclopedia of hardy fruits cyclopediaofhar00hedr Year: 1922 KING OF CLIFFS SOUGHEAN 283 was a chance seedling on the farm of A. H. Griesa, Lawrence, Kansas, found in 1884, and the variety was introduced in 1891. 247. Kansas. (XD Plants medium in size and vigor, upright-spreading, verj' productive, tender to cold ; canes numerous, stocky, reddish-brown, with many strong prickles. Leaflets usually 3, rather small, typical of the species. Flowers 10-12, in short, compact, leafy clusters at the tips of branches. Fruit midseason
Archive image from page 326 of Cyclopedia of hardy fruits (1922). Cyclopedia of hardy fruits cyclopediaofhar00hedr Year: 1922 KING OF CLIFFS SOUGHEAN 283 was a chance seedling on the farm of A. H. Griesa, Lawrence, Kansas, found in 1884, and the variety was introduced in 1891. 247. Kansas. (XD Plants medium in size and vigor, upright-spreading, verj' productive, tender to cold ; canes numerous, stocky, reddish-brown, with many strong prickles. Leaflets usually 3, rather small, typical of the species. Flowers 10-12, in short, compact, leafy clusters at the tips of branches. Fruit midseason, medium to large, broadly hemispherical, variable in size and shape, with many imperfect berries, glossy black ; drupelets rather small, numerous, round ; flesh 'firm, rather dry, subacid ; quality good ; seeds large, hard. KING OF CLIFFS. Several black rasp- berries have been introduced in recent years as everbearing. Perhaps King of Cliffs is as good as any, although one can only condemn it with faint praise as to other characters than everbearing. The plant resembles that of Cumberland, of which it is supposed to be a seedling. The berries are of fair size, jet black, and of good flavor. The variety was introduced bv Bradle}' Brothers, Makanda, Illinois, in 1905. OHIO. Alden. Before the coming of can- ning and quick transporation of fresh fruit, black raspberries were grown in great quanti- ties to evaporate, and Ohio was the variety best suited for this purpose, yielding more pounds to a bushel of fresh fruit than any other black raspberry, for the reason that the seeds are large and heavy and the flesh is firm and dry. With the decline of the evap- oration of berries, Ohio is passing out, al- though it is still grown where the drying in- dustry survives. The variety originated about 1865 with Hiram Van Dusen, Palmyra, New York. Plants of medium size and vigor, productive, upright- spreading, hardy; canes stocky, reddish-brown, numer- ous, with slender spines mostly at the
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