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detailed in the account of the thornless black- 

 berry in an earlier chapter of the present volume. 

 When this has been done, the developed variety 

 of the western blackcap will be worthy of a 

 place in the small-fruit garden side by side 

 with the very best varieties of raspberry under 

 cultivation. 



It should be added that this species, like a 

 number of the eastern Rubuses, occasionally 

 produces nearly white berries. These also 

 might be developed into fruits of real merit 

 and doubtless will be when some one finds the 

 time and interest to carry out the experiment 

 of developing them along the now familiar 

 lines outlined herein. 



THE CAPE RASPBERRY 



One of the strangest forms of Rubus with 

 which I have experimented is a species that came 

 to me from New Zealand, but which had its orig- 

 inal home in southern Africa. 



This form is known as Rubus capensis, in rec- 

 ognition, presumably, of its having been found in 

 the Cape region of southern Africa. It is not 

 confined to this region, however, as it is believed 

 to be the same species described by Stanley as 

 growing in various regions in the heart of the 

 Dark Continent. 



