494 CALIFORNIA FRUITS: HOW TO GROW THEM 



Blackberry-Raspberry Hybrids. Two crosses of California ori- 

 gin have been widely distributed and have demonstrated great 

 value. 



The Loganberry was originated by Judge J. H. Logan of Santa 

 Cruz, and is a cross between the California wild blackberry and a 

 red raspberry, thought to be the red Antwerp. It was a chance 

 hybrid developed by growing plants from the seed of the wild 

 blackberry in 1881. The plant was multiplied by its originator 

 and fruited for more than ten years, plants being meantime given 

 to Mr. James Waters, of Watsonville, who grew it on a commercial 

 scale and was gratified at the results of his marketing of the fruit. 

 The variety was first given to the public through the University 

 of California in 1893 and has since then been propagated by nur- 

 serymen and sold in large quantities. It has proved a most val- 

 uable fruit in all parts of California, and has commanded the at- 

 tention of pomologists and growers all over the world. The Logan- 

 berry is an exceedingly robust grower, and has unique foliage and 

 cane growth as well as fruit. The fruit is strikingly large and 

 handsome; sometimes an inch and a quarter long, with the shape 

 of a blackberry, and sometimes the hue of a dark red raspberry. 

 Its flavor is unique and peculiar, and gives to many tastes sugges- 

 tions of the combination of blackberry and raspberry flavors. The 

 culture of the Loganberry is like that of the dewberry both in 

 growth and propagation, rooting readily from cane tips without 

 covering, unless many plants are desired and then a covered cane 

 will root at each joint. 



The Phenomenal is a hybrid which has recently been largely 

 grown for a trade which prefers a less sharp acid than that of the 

 Loganberry. It is one of the notable achievements of Mr. Luther 

 Burbank, of Santa Rosa, and is a cross between the California 

 dewberry and a red raspberry. It is exceedingly large, bright 

 crimson, very productive and of delicious flavor. The fruit comes 

 in large clusters and single berries have weighed four to the ounce. 

 In shipping it holds shape and color well. 



The Primus is another blackberry-raspberry hybrid, by Mr. Bur- 

 bank. It is described as like a raspberry in color and shape, though 

 much larger, many specimens attaining a length of an inch and 

 a half by three quarters of an inch in diameter. It has a larger and 

 softer pulp core or center than the blackberry, and does not come 

 off the stem like a cap as a raspberry, but it is a little more tart and 

 is best cooked. It ripens early and the plant yields well. It has 

 been widely distributed and is popular for home use, softness and 

 danger of crushing on the core in picking seem to be defects for 

 commercial growing. It is a little earlier than Phenomenal. It 

 has a trailing habit. 



