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Geer. i. Cornell Sia. Bid. 34: 28^. 1891. 



Discovered in a woodlot on the property of a Mrs. Geer, Plainfield, Michigan, by 

 F. L. Wright of that place, who transferred plants to his garden in 1887. Plants fairly 

 productive; fruit small. 



General Grant, i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 34:308. 1891. 



Introduced about 1886 by Charles A. Green, Rochester, New York, as a premium for 

 subscription to his Fruit Grower. The variety had little merit and never became prominent. 



Golden Queen, i. Card Bush-Fr. 220. 191 7. 



According to Card this variety was mentioned in the Horticultural Gleaner for 1898 

 " as a new dewberry of golden yellow color, large and productive." 



Guadeloupe, i. Card Bush-Fr. 220. 191 7. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 160. 1920. 



Found in the wild by Otto Locke, New Bratmfels, Texas. Introduced by the Comal 

 Springs Nursery of that place. Plants vigorous and productive; fruit large, oblong, of 

 darkest color, sweet; early. 



Haupt. I. Austin Nur. Cat. 23. 1909. 



Found in the wild in Wharton County, Texas, by Col. W. W. Haupt, Kyle, Texas, 

 about 1898, and introduced a few years later by the Austin Nursery Company, Austin, 

 Texas. Thought to be a cross between a dewberry' and a blackberry. The introducers 

 state that, as it will not pollinate itself, two or three strains are mi.xed in each order to pro- 

 vide for cross pollination. The variety is of no value at this Station as it kills to the ground 

 every winter. Haupt was placed in the catalog of the American Pomological Society in 

 1909. Plants vigorous, trailing, with small, dark green foliage. 



Humboldt, i. Rural N. Y. 55:547. 1896. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 159. 1920. 



Originated by S. L. Watkins, Pleasant Valley, California, who introduced it in 1916; 

 said to be a seedling of Rubus ursimis. Plants trailing, very vigorous and productive, 

 canes sometimes reaching a length of twenty feet; fruit very large, thick, attractive jet 

 black with a spicy wild flavor; early. 



Humbolt. I. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 286. 192 1. 



Originated by Luther Burbank, Santa Rosa, California. Supposed to be a cross 

 between an improved California dewberry and Cuthbert. Plants very vigorous; fruit very 

 large, dark crimson, covered with a silvery sheen, very acid with both raspberry and black- 

 berry flavor, excellent for canning; ripens in June in California. 



Laxtonberry. i. Garden 80:228. 1916. 2. Bunyard Cat. 18. 1921. 3. Hedrick Cyc. 

 Hardy Fr. 290. 1922. 



Laxton. 3. U. S. D. A. Farmers' Bui. ggS: 22- 1918. 



As its history shows, Laxtonberry originated in England where it has attained some 

 prominence as a cultivated fnait. It is little grown in eastern North America, but finds 

 some favor on the Pacific Slope. This interesting hybrid, having much the habit of growth 

 of the loganberry, is listed with dewberries, for, as usually seems to be the case in the hybrids 

 in which the red raspberry is one parent, the raspberry characters are almost wholly 

 submerged. The berry is much like that of the loganberry in color and flavor, but separates 



