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In crossing it makes no difference which sex is taken as the male par- 

 ent; it all depends upon the hereditary tendencies of the sex. 



Crosses of wild species yield results similar to those from cultivated 

 species, hut the latter are more available. The white blackberry is a wild 

 variation crossed with the Lawton for size and vigor ; the result is a 



Leaves of a Blackbehry Hybrid, all grown from Seed of One Plant. 



much clearer white than the wild one, larger, and very much more 

 productive, in these respects fully equal to its staminate parent, the 

 Lawton. 



Apples brought up from the south temperate zone are entirely con- 

 fused here, yielding leaves, buds, flowers and small apples at various 

 seasons. One of these apples in time, however, became adapted to the 

 conditions and developed into one of the best apples in Mendocino 

 County. 



