THE LOGANBERRY. 117 



Kent utilises the east wall of his house for growing the 

 Loganberry, and secures very heavy crops of exception- 

 ally fine fruit every year, which he disposes of to profit- 

 able advantage. His method is to cut out all the weak 

 young growths in early summer, also remove the old 

 shoots directly they have ceased fruiting, and then train 

 the strong young growths to the wall to bear fruit the 

 next season. He feeds the roots liberally with house 

 slops and liquid manure, and thus obtains admirable 

 results. We have also seen the Loganberry growing and 

 fruiting freely on the north wall of an inn at Broadheath, 

 Worcestershire. 



Laxtonberry. Closely allied to the Loganberry, and re- 

 quiring similar cultural treatment is the Laxtonberry, the 

 result of a cross between the Loganberry and the Super- 

 lative Raspberry. It was raised by the Messrs. Laxton 

 Bros., of Bedford. The berries are very large, have the 

 flavour of the Raspberry, and, like the fruit of the latter, 

 are easily pulled off the stalk when ripe. It has therefore, 

 unlike the Loganberry, no hard core. The growth is semi- 

 pendulous, and the shoots grow 6 to loft, long during the 

 season. The fruit commences to ripen in June, and succes- 

 sional crops are borne up to November. This new hybrid 

 fruit is therefore a distinct acquisition, and will in due 

 course supersede the Loganberry. The fruit is said to 

 make excellent jam. 



The Lowberry, Newberry, and the Phenomenal berry are 

 varieties of the Loganberry, bearing darker-coloured and 

 sweeter fruits. Both require similar cultivation to the parent. 



