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The Loganberry. 



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THE LOGANBERRY. 



E. E. Fescott, Principal, School of Horticulture, Bwnley. 



Among fruits of the berry class, the blackberry and the raspberry 

 have long been popular favourites. Both fruits are easily cultivated, 

 and both are enjoyed as luscious and delicately flavoured fruit. They 

 readily lend themselves to cross fertilization, and quite a number of new 

 varieties of small fruits have been introduced to cultivation and are now in 

 prominence as a result of this hybridization. Chief among these black- 

 berry -raspberry hybrids are the Dewberry, the Phenomenal, the Mam- 

 moth, the Primus, and the Loganberry. These fruits are all of American 

 origin ; the Dewberry being an improved variety of the American traihng 

 blackberry ; Phenomenal and Primus being two hybrids produced by the 

 world-famous plant originator, Luther P)urbank ; while the Mammoth and 

 the Loganberry were raised by Judge Logan, of Santa Cruz, California. 



MR. T. GRANT S LOGANBERRY PLANTATION, RINGWOOD. 



The Mammoth was the successful result f)f cross fertilizing the natne 

 American blackberry with one of the early raspberries; but the Logan- 

 berry was a chance hybrid, being the result of natural cross pollination, 

 also between the native blackberry and one of the cultivated raspberries. 

 The seeds of the native fruit were sown by Judge Logan for experimental 

 purposes, with the result that one of the finest of berry fruitsi was pro- 

 duced and perpetuated. Most of these fruits are on sale at various Vic- 

 torian nurseries, but the one that has come more prominently into favour 

 than any other is the Loganberry. This fruit first originated in 1881. 

 and was introduced into Victoria some years later. 



The Loganberry is of a robust hardy nature, and the plant partakes 

 more of the parental characteristics of the blackberry than the rasp- 

 berry. Its strong rambling nature makes it a plant easy to establish, and 

 if grown on trellis, or on fences, it is easy to control, and is far less 

 likely to become a pest than is its parent the blackl^erry. As an 

 ornamental plant it will become ver\ useful, as its handsome foliage 

 makes it a striking object when used either to cover old legs or fences, 01 

 as' a plant for pillar climbing. 



