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been received from South America, and is identi- 

 fied as Myrtus ugni. This plant bears a curious 

 resemblance to the gooseberry, except that it has 

 no thorns. Its berry is a glossy brown or purple, 

 sometimes slightly hairy, growing in compact 

 drooping racemes like the currant. Some of the 

 berries are of most excellent flavor, others woody 

 or filled with seeds. 



Several thousand of the best seedlings from 

 these exotic myrtles are now growing on my 

 place, and there are indications that some among 

 them will almost certainly prove of value as 

 fruiting plants for general culture. 



All of them appear to be hardy enough to 

 stand the climate of the central United States. 

 It is to be expected that crossing experiments 

 will further improve the fruit. The material is 

 now in hand for such experiments. 



Some Neglected Relatives of the 

 Raspberry 



Not to leave the field entirely to exotics, we 

 must note that there are several members of the 

 great Rubus family, closely related to our culti- 

 vated raspberries and blackberries, that grow at 

 our very door, so to speak, yet which have been 

 hitherto neglected or given slight aid in the devel- 

 opment of the latent fruiting possibilities we 



