SORTS OF DEWBERRIES 



forms are probably worthy of botan- 

 ical names. To this species or its 

 botanical varieties most of the culti- 

 vated dewberries belong. It is read- 

 ily divided into two sections or sub- 

 types : 



1. The common dew- 

 berries, Rubus villosus (or 

 R. Canadensis) proper. The 

 leaves vary greatly in size 

 and shape, those upon the 

 bearing canes being small, 

 while those upon growing 

 canes may be nearly as 

 large as the leaves of 

 blackberries. 



Four varieties of this 

 type of Riibus villosus are 

 in cultivation: 



WINDOM, first brought 

 into prominent notice in 

 1887 by the Seedling Com- 

 mission of the Minnesota 

 State Horticultural Society. 

 The report of J. S. Harris, 

 one of the Commission, is 

 as follows : "At Windom 

 [Cottonwood county] we 

 met Dewain Cook, of Dale 

 township, a wide-awake 

 man, who is pursuing fruit 

 culture under many dis- 

 advantages. He has dis- 



