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be either a seedling or a sport. The plants are very similar to those of Lucretia, but ripen 

 their crop a week or ten days earlier, are not so productive, and bear more imperfect flowers. 

 The fruits probably average a little smaller than those of Lucretia. Most growers think 

 that the plants are not as productive as those of Lucretia. The variety is not of much 

 importance in New York and the North, but seems to be a favorite eariy dewberry in some 

 parts of the South, notably in North Carolina. But little seems to be known of the history 

 of this variety but it has been under cultivation since 1905. It is supposed to have been 

 found in a patch of Lucretia. 



Plants medium in vigor, trailing, tender to cold, variable in yield, usually healthy; 

 canes numerous, slender, cylindrical, dull green, pubescent; prickles slender, short, few, 

 reddish at the base; leaflets 3-5, variable in size, broad-oval, thick, dark green, rugose, 

 pubescent, with serrate margins; petiole thick, medium in length, deeply channeled, with 

 but few prickles. Flowers midseason, often self-sterile, large, white, few, in short, open, 

 leafy clusters; pedicels long, heavily pubescent, with but few prickles; calyx large; pistils 

 irregular, sometimes protruding from the flower buds before the petals open. Fruit very 

 early; large, irregularly oblong-oval, attractive black; drupelets large, round, with good 

 coherence; core soft; flesh juicy, moderately firm and sprightly; quality good to very 

 good. 



Primus, i. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 264, PI. 8. 1892. 2. U. S. D. A. Farmers' Bui. 998: 

 24. 1918. 



Primus was originated by Luther Burbank, Santa Rosa, California, in 1889, as a cross 

 between the western dewbeny-, Rubus vitifoliiis, and Rubiis crataegif alius; introduced by 

 Burbank in '1893. Plant a strong grower, productive, partially trailing, thickly covered 

 with short, blunt prickles, propagated by tips; fruit large, long, black, sweet, resembling 

 a raspberry in flavor, adhering to the core; ripens earlier than the loganberry. 

 Rogers, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 286. 1921. 



Discovered near Alvin, Texas, by a Mr. Rogers; introduced about 1893 by C. Falkner, 

 Waco, Texas. Fruit large, a good shipper; excellent in quality; early. ' 



San Jacinto, i. Austin Nur. Cat. 16. 1907. 



Found by F. T. Ramsey, Austin, Texas, and introduced by F. T. Ramsey & Son about 

 1896. At this Station it is tender to cold and unproductive. Plants trailing, moderately 

 vigorous, not hardy, rather unproductive; canes slender, densely covered with fine reddish 

 spines and glandular hairs; foliage very small; fruit small; early. 



Skagit Chief, i. Cornell Sta. Bui. 34:310. 1891. 



Introduced in Avon, Washington, in 1891. Flowers pistillate, blooming too early 

 for pollination by eastern dewberries. 



Sorsby. i. Rural N. Y. '^4:^1. 1915. 2. Uedrick Cyc. Hardy Fr. 28g. 1922. 



Sorsby May. 3. Mvmson Cat. 10. 1901. 



Introduced in 1901 by T. V. Munson & Son, Denison, Texas. It is said to be a black- 

 berry-dewberry hybrid, the plants resembling those of McDonald. It requires winter 



protection in this latitude, and being self-sterile, much of the fruit is poorly developed. 

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