THE EVOLUTION OF OUR NATIVE FRUITS 



Beverly. While guarding 

 private property there he 

 became acquainted with the 

 woman who afterwards be- 

 came his wife. He settled 

 on her plantation after the 

 I war, and upon it found the 

 dewberries growing wild. 

 He transplanted some to his 

 garden, and these attracted 

 the attention of his father, 

 who visited him in 1875. 

 The following year plants 

 .were sent to the father in 

 Ohio, and they were distrib- 

 uted among a few friends. 

 The plants were carelessly 

 dug, however, and only five 

 of the genuine variety hap- 

 pened to be in the lot, and 

 these, along with many 

 worthless ones, chanced to 

 fall into the hands of Mr. 

 Albaugh. From these five 

 plants the present stock has 

 sprung. When the variety 

 was offered for sale Mr. Al- 

 baugh named it Lucretia, 

 for Mrs. Lucretia Garfield. 

 Mr. Albaugh told me that 

 the five original plants were 

 vigorous and fruitful in 1891. 

 A portion of one of the 



Fig. 72. A trellis screen of Lucretia 

 dewberry. 



