LUTHER BURBANK 



ably be found to predominate. Even the pollen 

 of the Lawton when applied to the raspberry more 

 often produces the Lawton type of berry than any 

 other type. But in exceptional instances I have 

 produced Lawton hybrids in which the prepo- 

 tency was not so strongly manifested. 



Such was the case, for example, with a cross 

 between a yellow raspberry known as the Golden 

 Queen and the Lawton. This produced a hybrid 

 so well-balanced that no one who saw it could 

 tell whether it was a raspberry or a blackberry. 



Numerous seedlings of this hybrid strain were 

 raised, and in the second generation the qualities 

 of the hybrid were reproduced, as in the case of 

 the Primus berry and the Phenomenal. No vari- 

 ation occurred such as is usual in the second gen- 

 eration of most hybrid blackberries and rasp- 

 berries. 



The bushes had prickles that were short and 

 stout instead of long and slender as in the rasp- 

 berry. The leaves also had the rough, ribbed ap- 

 pearance of the blackberry. 



The berries would cling to the receptacle (a 

 blackberry trait), or part from it (a raspberry 

 trait), according to ripeness. As to color, there 

 were both red and yellow varieties among the hy- 

 brid plants. The flavor of the berries was not 

 exceptional, but in some other similar crosses 



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