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berry- raspberiy is an herbaceous perennial, the top of which 

 dies to the ground in the winter, but is followed by numerous 

 shoots in the spring from underground stems, that bear most 

 beautiful wine-colored fruit in abundance. This fruit is of 

 a peculiar, insipid, though not unpleasant flavor, and may 

 be the origin of new varieties with a more decidedly pleasant 

 taste. Should such varieties be produced, and a system of 

 cultivation be worked out by which a reasonably certain crop 

 can be secured, it may prove a valuable addition to our list 

 of hardy fruits. 



The Logan hemj resembles the common dewberry or 

 running blackberry in habit of growth and form of fruit ; 

 but the latter is rather larger, and of a dark-red or mahogany 

 color. It possesses a pleasant flavor, but the same obstacle 

 to its general cultivation is met as with the dewberry, — that 

 it is difficult to devise a method of cultivation and training 

 that will give a large crop of fruit every year. 



