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also observed to be imperfect. The third plant re- 

 sembles a blackberry in every way, though the spines 

 are less numerous and shorter. Some of the leaves 

 consist of 5-pedate leaflets, as in the blackberry pure 

 and simple. The back part of the leaves has none of 

 the whitish down or bloom common to the raspberry. 

 The canes are furrowed as in the blackberry. The 

 flowers resemble those of the raspberry, and the drupes 

 separate from the receptacle as in the raspberry. 



"The best berry bore 5 drupes. These were jet 

 black, of large size, and of the raspberry flavor, in so 

 far as could be judged. It will be remembered that 

 these plants all came from raspberry mothers. If 

 judged from the past season's behavior, it will appear 

 that little is to be hoped from this hybridization. We 

 have about fifteen plants which have not yet fruited, 

 besides quite a number of hybrid seeds produced the 

 present season." Rural New-Yorker, Sept. 22, 1888. 



"Another of 'The Rural New-Yorker's' blackberry- 

 raspberry hybrids fruited during the past season and 

 another chance to record a failure. The plant 



is strong and vigorous, with characteristics both of 

 the raspberry and blackberry. It resembles the black- 

 berry, however, in most respects, though distinctly not 

 a blackberry. There was not a perfect berry on the 

 plant. It is an interesting fact that though the drupe- 

 lets were those of the blackberry, the flower of the 

 raspberry was pronounced. We have a dozen of these 

 hybrids which have not yet fruited, but those which 

 have fruited give little or no promise that anything 

 of value will ever come from the hybridization beyond 

 the interesting fact itself." Rural New-Yorker, 

 November 23, 1889. 



