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fer more. One in particular bore a large, bright red 

 berry, resembling Cuthbert in shape and flavor, and 

 promised well. Another, bearing a smaller, darker 

 berry, seemed to be productive, and the flavor was 

 very rich and good, much better than most varieties. 



CUTHBERT X SHAFFER (Riibus strigosus X -R. neglcctus) 



Three plants of this cross showed various inter- 

 mediate characters, but nothing especially promising. 



ADA X CUTHBERT (Rubus occidentalis X R- strigosus) 



Of this cross there were three comparatively weak 

 plants, none of them yet bearing fruit. All seemed to 

 resemble the male parent more than the female parent 

 in character of cane. There was then no indication 

 as to the method of propagation. 



In addition to the above crosses between different 

 species or types, there were three plants of Cuthbert 

 X Turner and seven of Turner X Cuthbert. None of 

 them were bearing sufficiently well to judge of their 

 value. In general, they showed the same intermediate 

 gradations which were to be seen in the other cases. 



Observations made the following year by E. G. 

 Lodeman and C. E. Hunn showed nothing of value 

 among any of these plants. One lesson which the 

 results of the work as a whole made plain is that 

 really useful varieties are to be obtained by commin- 

 gling closely related varieties or types, rather than 

 those distantly related, a lesson which has been 

 taught in many other ways before. 



