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I have gone far enough to know that the fruit is 

 worthy of further development, although I shall 

 probably leave the task for some one who is more 

 favorably situated geographically for the culti- 

 vation of this particular fruit. 



THE JAPANESE GOLDEN MAYBERRY 



We have already learned that the Rubuses are 

 cosmopolites. The facility with which the seeds 

 of the brambleberries of various kinds are dis- 

 tributed by the birds doubtless accounts in part 

 at least for the wide migrations of the tribe, and 

 this in turn accounts for the great range of varia- 

 tion among the different species. 



In the course of my experiments with the fam- 

 ily, I very naturally looked to Japan to supply 

 material, just as in the case of so many other 

 tribes of plants. The species that I received from 

 there certainly did not appear to be an encourag- 

 ing plant to work upon. Yet it proved suscep- 

 tible of development, and well repaid the efforts 

 bestowed upon it. 



The plant in question was found growing wild 

 high up on the sides of Mt. Fujiyama in Japan. 

 It is known botanically as Rubus palmatus. The 

 collector who secured it for me sent the best speci- 

 mens of the fruit that he could find, and roots 

 of the plant itself. The plants from these bore 



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