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Such was the case, for example, with a cross 

 between a yellow raspberry known as the Golden 

 Queen and the Lawton. This produced a 

 hybrid so well balanced that no one who saw it 

 could tell whether it was a raspberry or a 

 blackberry. 



Numerous seedlings of this hybrid strain were 

 raised, and in the second generation the qualities 

 of the hybrid were reproduced, as in the case of 

 the Primus berry and the Phenomenal. No 

 variation occurred such as is usual in the second 

 generation of most hybrid blackberries and 

 raspberries. 



The bushes had prickles that were short and 

 stout instead of long and slender as in the rasp- 

 berry. The leaves also had the rough, ribbed 

 appearance of the blackberry. 



The berries would cling to the receptacle (a 

 blackberry trait), or part from it (a raspberry 

 trait), according to ripeness. As to color, there 

 were both red and yellow varieties among the 

 hybrid plants. The flavor of the berries was not 

 exceptional, but in some other similar crosses 

 made at a later period the fruit was in some cases 

 greatly superior in quality to that of either of 

 the parents. 



Still greater interest attaches, perhaps, to a 

 hybridizing experiment in which the parents were 



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