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in vigor and productiveness, sucker sparingly, are susceptible to the orange-rust, are tender 

 to cold, and bear flowers that must be cross pollinated. Despite this long list of faults, the 

 variety is well liked in mild climates. The plants propagate by rooting at the tips. Rath- 

 bun originated about 1885 with Alvin Rathbun, Silver Creek, New York. It is a chance 

 seedling which sprang up near a planting of Early Harvest and Kittatinny. Its habit of 

 growth, however, indicates that it may be a blackberry-dewberry hybrid. Rathbim was 

 introduced by James Vick's Sons, Rochester, New York. In 1909 the American Pomo- 

 logical Society added the variety to its list of recommended fruits. 



Plants branching freely, upright-spreading to drooping, half-hardy, variable in health, 

 susceptible to double-blossom in the South, moderately productive; propagated by tips 

 as well as by suckers; canes rather few, very obtuse-angbd, dull, pale greenish, glabrous; 

 prickles tinged red at the base; leaflets 3, ovate, thick, dull, dark green, rugose, with coarse, 

 serrate margins; petiole long. Flowers imperfect, self-fertile, large, few to medium, in 

 short, open, leafy, 'almost spineless clusters; pedicels long, heavily pubescent, glandular; 

 Calyx heavily pubescent; stamens sometimes irregular in formation. Fruit early, said to 

 resist drouth very well ; very large but somewhat variable, roundish to slightly elongated, 

 glossy black; drupelets large, round, numerous, with strong coherence; core soft; flesh juicy, 

 firm, sweet, rich; quality very good but variable. 



Red Cluster, i. Rtiral N. Y. 50:670. 1891. 



Sent to the trial grounds of the Rural New-Yorker in 1886 by W. W. Hilbom, Leam- 

 ington, Ontario. Fruit small, tender, sweet. 



Reid. I. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 160. 1920. 



Offered for sale by the Long Floral & Nursery Company, Dallas, Texas. Plants 

 described as vigorous, upright, hardy, almost free from suckers; fruit large, delicious; early. 



Reyner. i. N. Y. Sta. Bui. 81:582. 1894. 



Received at this Station in 1892 for trial from S. R. Alexander, Bellefonta ne, Ohio. 

 Plants vigorous, moderately hardy, improductive; canes large, greenish, with few prickles; 

 fniit of medium size, rotmdish or slightly elongated; drupelets large, sweet; good. 

 Robison. i. Mimson Cat. 10. 1899. 



Originated in 1895 with Willard Robison, Cisco, Texas. The variety did not succeed 

 at this Station. The American Pomological Society cataloged it in 1901 , but it was removed 

 at the next revision of the catalog in 1909. Plants vigorous, upright, much branched; 

 canes stocky, moderately thorny; fruit large, round, compact, black, firm, sweet; good; 

 late. 



Sable Queen, i. Horticulturist 2^:'] t„ fig. 1869. 



Found in an old pasture in Essex County, Massachusetts, prior to 1849 by Daniel 

 Graves. The variety was placed in the catalog of the American Pomological Society in 

 1883 and removed in 1897. Plants vigorous and productive; fruit variable in size, usually 

 small, soft; good 



Sadie, i. Col. 0. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 70. 1887. 



Introduced about 1887 by Levi Hawbaker, Winchester, Iowa, as very hardy in that 

 State. Fruit large, firm, sweet, without core; very early. 

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