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variable species, bearing au oblong, very sweet and 

 desirable fruit. It was favorably mentioned by early 

 explorers, was highly esteemed by the Indians, and still 

 plays an important part in domestic economy from 

 Ventura county northward along the coast range. A 

 variety of this species has attained some fame as a 

 'white blackberry.' It is said that about 1860, parties 

 gathering blackberries about half a mile from Crescent 

 City, Del Norte county, discovered a few bushes or 

 vines loaded with a berry exactly in shape of the black- 

 berry, but of a white or cream color. The whole patch 

 did not extend beyond a space of a dozen feet square, 

 but the vines were luxuriant and bore well. It was a 

 great curiosity, and the place and the berry were much 

 sought for. Since that time the vines have spread 

 gradually over a space of perhaps half an acre of 

 ground. Plants have been taken from this locality to 

 different parts." 



Remaining Types of Blackberry -like Plants 



There are various other species of rubuses which 

 bear edible and attractive fruits, but which have not yet 

 become prominent in cultivation, or are known only in 

 the wild state. The most remarkable of these remain- 

 ing types is the Logan-berry (Fig. 79), which was intro- 

 duced to the public in 1893 by the California Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station. The Pacific coast botanists 

 and horticulturists seem to be agreed that this singular 

 berry is a hybrid of the Aughinbaugh dewberry crossed 

 by the Old World type of red raspberry, Rubus Idceus. 

 The history of the plant is given by Charles Howard 

 Shinn in "Garden and Forest" for November 21, 1894: 



