ON THE ORIGIN OF NEW SPECIES 



refused to grant fruitage to any of them. 

 Strangely enough, too, the new berry upon 

 which Nature bestowed its favor ripens its 

 fruit several weeks earlier than either parent 

 and excels both in productiveness. 



In planting over five thousand seeds of the 

 new berry, every one produced a primus berry, 

 with such slight variations as may be observed 

 in seedlings of any other fixed species. This 

 added the last needed proof, if other proof 

 were necessary, showing that amalgamation 

 had been complete. 



By all scientific rules and tests, as well as by 

 the canons of common sense, the primus berry 

 takes its place with the plumcot and the phe- 

 nomenal berry as distinct new creations. It 

 should be noted, however, that not every plum- 

 cot seed planted produces a plumcot, thus fix- 

 ing it also as distinct. Some slightly incline to 

 one parent, some to the other, as not enough 

 time has elapsed completely to fix the type. 



After the creation of the primus berry came 

 that of the Phenomenal berry, in itself as won- 

 derful as either the plumcot or the primus 

 berry. It was the result of the union of the 

 California wild dewberry and the Cuthbert 



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