180 The Journal of Heredity 
TaBL_e I.—Horticultural Varieties of Rubus Strigosus 
Variety Origin | Hairs on peduncles | Tomentum Leaves 
a = | | a ir, ae | = 7 
1 Crystal White.. | New York....| Very glandular....|............ 
2, “Millers so Saar. -\- | Delaware..... | Very glandular....| None...... | Medium thick. 
3a Ohtaravasee So. Dakota. | Very glandular....| None...... Thin. 
*4 Perfection......| New York.... Very glandular... .| Slight...... Thin. 
5 Rancocas.. ..| New Jersey... a . Very glandular ...| None...... Medium thick. 
6 Royal Church...| Ohio......... | Very glandular....| Slight...... 
7 Scarlet Gem....| Kansas.......| Very glandular....| None...... 
Ssuperbas aes | New Mats ..| Very glandular... .| None 
Oh wacker nerve: | New York....) Very glandular ...) None...... 
LOM iiiner epee | WOME, an | Very glandular....| None...... Thin. 
TaB_E II].—Horticultural Varieties of Rubus Strigosus Which May Have a Trace of Rubus Occiden- 
talis in Their Parentage 
Variety Origin | Hairs on peduncles | Tomentum Prickles 
ss a ae = " 
1 Barly erolitich | ansasaecne Glandulanw- are None...... Slightly. recurved. 
2 Eaton (Idaho)...| Indiana...... Glandularene ee INONG sects | Slightly recurved. 
MiKo ey reek peerebs cll nied: sapere eric ee Glandular sr J Nonermernr | Recurved. 
*4 Mirenesste No. | Minnesota....| Glandular........ Slight | Recurved (King X 
Loudon). 
5 Minnetonka....| Minnesota....| Glandular........ None sere | Recurved. 
*6 Ranere(St.Regis)} New Jersey...| Glandular........ INGnG ene | Recurved. 
*/ Sunbeam). 2-25 South Dakota | Glandular........ Nowess. er} Recurved (Wild red X 
| Shaffer). 
a crimson color and not at all the light 
red of our common wild red raspberry. 
These varieties have been uniformly 
susceptible to winter injury. Two va- 
rieties only of all those known to have 
been introduced from Europe are raised 
to any extent—the Antwerp and the 
Superlative—both of which are grown 
in the mild climate of the Pacific Coast 
while only one other variety of R. 
idaecus, the Surprise of southern Calli- 
fornia, is raised commercially. 
When our other red raspberry va- 
rieties are examined they show marked 
differences in regard to the characters 
distinguishing the two species. For ex- 
ample, the King is very glandular- 
hispid especially on the peduncles and 
sepals; the stems and peduncles are 
slightly or not at all tomentose; the 
sepals moderately so; and the fruit is 
bright red and hemispherical. On the 
other hand, the Cuthbert is rarely 
elandular-hispid, somewhat tomen- 
ae: E. P. Roe, 
is 
“Success with Small Fruits,” 
tose, and the berry is crimson and 
thimble shaped. 
The King seems to be a garden va- 
riety of Rubus, strigosus. When we 
examine the Cuthbert critically it does 
not seem to belong wholly to either 
species. On two occasions when plants 
of this variety were found producing 
autumn fruit, scattered glandular hairs 
were found on the penduncles and 
sepals. Otherwise they seem to be 
lacking. The stems, peduncles and 
sepals are more tomentose than JL. 
strigosus though not as tomentose as 
R. idaeus while the fruit is thimble 
shaped and turns a dark red like that 
of the latter species. It seems to be a 
hybrid between the two species and this 
determination is supported by the ac- 
count of its origin given by Roe,‘ “This 
is a chance seedling, which the late 
Thomas Cuthbert found in his garden 
at Riverdale, N. Y. His son has kindly 
furnished the following facts: “The 
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