438 SYSIKMATIC POMOLOdY 



Carolina particularly. Data rc^^ardiii^r the (»ri<rin of tlio variety 

 arc lackiTi«r, but it has been under cultivation at least since 1905. 



695. Primus. — Another variety of the loganberry type is 

 Primus, introduced alxtut 1S!)() by Lulhei- Burbank as a cross 

 between the western dewberry, R. viiif(d{n,s and R. cratcegifolhis. 

 Its chief claim for recognition by berry-jjrowers is that the crop 

 ripens before that of loj^anberry. The variety fails and is being 

 discarded because of several serious faults ; the blossoms appear 

 early and are caug^ht by frosts ; the berries cling and are bruised 

 in picking, and are dull and unattractive in appearance ; and 

 the plants are rather more unmanageable in the plantation than 

 those of other varieties of its type, all of which give trouble in 

 staking or trellising. In foliage and canes, Primus is very simi- 

 lar to the loganberry. The variety was introduced by Burbank 

 in 1893. 



