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moderately numerous, glaucous, glabrous; prickles medium in ntunber, short, stout, dark 

 purplish, conspicuous; fruit rovmdish, or slightly oblong. 



Montclair. i. Cult, cf Count. Gent. 43:470. 1878. 2. N. Y. Sta. Bui. 63:683. 1893. 



A supposed seedling of Philadelphia which originated on the grounds of Messrs. E. & 

 J. C. Williams, Montclair, New Jersey, about 1S72; introduced in 1879. It was placed in 

 the fruit catalog of the American Pomological Society in 1883 and removed in 1897. It 

 has been described as a variety of Rubus strigosus, while it is listed as R. negledus in the 

 American Pomological Society catalog. Plants vigorous, productive, suckering freely; 

 foliage much wrinkled; fruit above medium size, conic, dark red, firm, mildly subacid, 

 pleasing in flavor; good; early midseason. 



Moonbeam. Strigosus x Occidentalis. i. S. Dak. Sta. Cat. 1922. 



A cross of a wild red raspberry from Cavalier, North Dakota, with a cross of the wild 

 red from the Black Hills of South Dakota and the purple raspberrj', Shaffer. It originated 

 with Prof. X. E. Hansen at the South Dakota Experiment Station, Brookings, South 

 Dakota, and was introduced in 1922. Plants dwarfish, stocky, with few prickles; fruit 

 large, late, firm. 



Morrison. Occidentalis yi Strigosus. i. ^V. F. Sia. Bit/. 278:124. 1906. 



Originated with J. P. Morrison, Forestville, New York. Sent to this Station for 

 trial in 1896. Inferior to Shaffer and Columbian. Plants vigorous, nearly hardy, 

 moderately productive; fruit small, irregular in size; drupelets large, soft; flavor and 

 quality fair. 



Mote Everbearing. Occidentalis yi Strigosus . i. Downing Fr. Trees. Am. g-io. 1869. 



Originated by L. S. Mote, West Milton, Ohio, prior to 1867. Described as an ever- 

 bearing variety similar to Catawissa. Canes Arigorous, brownish, branching, with numerous 

 slender, sharp prickles; fruit medium in size, roundish, obtuse, dark red, with bloom; 

 drupelets large, firm, juicy, subacid. 



Mowry. 



An imintroduced seedling of Cuthbert fovmd growing among plants of that variety in 

 1921 by T. B. Mowry, Mexico, New York. It was the most promising of five seedlings 

 growing from a Cuthbert berry which had fallen to the ground. Sent to this Station for 

 trial in 1924. 



Mrs. Ingersoll. i. Horticulturist 8: i8y. 1853. 



Originated with Dr. W. D. Brinckle of Philadelphia, about 1850. Plants white 

 spined; fruit large, conical, yellow. 



Mrs. Wilder, i. Horticulturist 8: i8y. 1853. 



Originated by Dr. W. D. Brinckle of Philadelphia, about 1850. A seedling of Col. 

 Wilder, resembling it in brilliancy and general appearance of fruits, but larger and deeper 

 yellow in color; white spined. 



Mrs. Wood. Occidentalis X Strigosus. 1. Horticulturist 22:2 2g. 1867. 



Originated with Mrs. Reuben Wood, Rockport, Ohio, being new in 1867. It was 

 supposed to be a cross of a black cap and a purple raspberry. Plants very strong, much 



