September 30, 1911 



HORTICULTURE 



A New Berry 



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At the vegetable show in the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Hall, last week, Mr. Bayard Thayer of South 

 Lancaster, Mass., was awarded honorable mention for 

 cut sprays of a new berry from China, named Rubus 

 innominatus, which promises to be a useful autumn 

 fruit and may be of great value to the breeder. The 

 fruits, which are borne in large, terminal thyreoid pan- 

 icles 18-30 inches long under favorable conditions, are 

 red or orange-red with a black dot in the centre, of 

 medium size and agreeable sub-acid flavor. The plant 

 is a vigorous grower, making shoots 6 to 8 feet long 



. Gard \ tien I .' . Loudon, £ng. 



in a season. Tb a shoots are densely clad with short, 

 velvety pubescence and have relatively few scattered 

 prickles. Leaves large, 3-5 foliolate, dark green above, 

 covered on in with greyish-white felt. The 



flowers are insignificant, but in September, when in 

 full fruit, the plant is exceedingly ornamental. Rubus 

 innominatus is one of my recent introductions from 

 China to the Arnold Arboretum where it has survived 

 unprotected the last two winters outside. 



E. H. WILSON. 

 Arnold Arboretum. 



