1S6 SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY 



cultivation, IManatee is probably the oldest and best known. 

 This is the common de\vl)erry or running blackberry of the 

 southern states, which often becomes a pest, sometimes as an 

 escape from cultivation. 



4, Bubm vitifolius, Cham. & Schlecht. Western Dewberry. Caljfor- 

 NiA Dewberry. This species is characterized by trailing, sometimes erect, 

 slender pubescent canes with straight or recurved slender prickles; 3-5 

 evergreen leaflets, about 2 inches long, ovate, doubly serrate, exceedingly 

 variable; flowers often imperfect, the jtetals of staminalo flowers longer than 

 those of the pistillate ones; fruit black, red in the loganberry, oblong, of 

 medium size, sweet and pleasant ; the drupelets more or less pubescent. 



The western dewberry is an inhabitant of California along 

 streams and in moist places. Of the several cultivated 

 varieties belonging to the species, Aughinbaugh was long 

 best known, but recent investigations show that the widely 

 cultivated loganberry, long considered a hybrid between this 

 species and the European red raspberry, is a cultivated form 

 of this species. Laxton, Mahdi, Mammoth (Lowberry of some), 

 Phenomenal, and Primus are hybrids with or pure-bred varieties 

 from the western dewberry, which by virtue of these valuable 

 offspring becomes a species of prime importance to pomologists. 



