LOGAN -BERRY 359 



is a vine of unusual substance and healthfulness, re- 

 sembling the Aughinbaugh blackberry, but readily dis- 

 tinguished from it in the field. The berry is large and 

 solid, resembling the Aughinbaugh in shape, and re- 

 taining its delicious wild flavor. It is dark red to 

 purple when fully ripe, and shows in texture, in the 

 easy slipping from the core, and partly in flavor, the 

 raspberry parentage. 



" Tests made in different soils and in some very dry 

 sit nations have shown so far, that the Logan - berry will 

 grow and bear a fair amount of fruit in localities where 

 the gooseberry, currant, high -bush varieties of black- 

 berries and dewberries have entirely failed. As I have 

 said, plants of Riibus ursinus are sometimes found 

 thriving very well on dry hillsides with scrub oaks and 

 chaparral, but seldom bear fruit to any extent in such 

 arid places. In other words, some individuals of this 

 variable species of rubus grow in very hot, arid and 

 barren places, and the original Aughinbaugh, though 

 found on a sandy peninsula near the bay, instead of on 

 a hillside, seems to have had the power to transmit this 

 resistant quality, together with an increased produc- 

 tiveness. 



"The Logan -berry is now grown for market near 

 Santa Cruz and Watson ville, and the results are said to 

 be gratifying, both in regard to price and yield. Like 

 the blackberry, the season is a long one, but I have no 

 data from the berry gardens. It is certain, however, 

 that the area planted is being extended rapidly. The 

 Logan -berry is hardy wherever tested in California, but 

 this proves nothing in respect to its value in colder 

 climates, though its wild blackberry blood must be an 

 advantage, possibly sufficient to counteract the weaker 



