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a year or two, no important developmental ex- 

 periments were made with them. 



They so obviously found the conditions un- 

 congenial that it was thought best, after a year 

 or two, to discontinue the attempt to reconcile 

 them to the change. 



Whoever considers the production of hardy 

 varieties of raspberries, however, should bear the 

 Cloudberry in mind. It offers obvious possibili- 

 ties as a hybridizing agent to give hardiness of 

 the most "ironclad" kind to a variety that may 

 lack that essential quality. 



Possibly the Japanese Mayberry will ulti- 

 mately be made adaptable to northern climates 

 by such an infusion of new blood. 



THE EVERGREEN BLACKBERRY 



As further illustrating the wide range of the 

 bramble tribe, we may refer to a species that is 

 indigenous to the South Sea Islands, whence it 

 was introduced into this country and Europe so 

 long ago that there is no clear record of its 

 coming. Indeed, the precise place of its origin 

 is somewhat in doubt. 



The species referred to is the Evergreen 

 Blackberry, Rubus laciniatus. In our north- 

 western States, especially in western Oregon, 

 this blackberry is cultivated extensively. It is 



