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the best of the bushes to his garden. The comparative merits 

 of the fruit after three or four years' successive exhibition war- 

 ranted the society in giving it a name. Canes dark brown, mod- 

 erately stout, long and thrifty, but not rampant; productive and 

 hardy ; fruit of medium size, oblong, sweet and high flavored, 

 early, and continuing to ripen for a long time. 



Jloosac Thornless. Found in the Hoosac Mountains of Massa- 

 chusetts. Its chief recommendation is the absence of thorns. 

 Fruit not large, but said to be productive and of good quality. 

 It is quite possible that this variety belongs to the true thornless 

 group, Rubus Canadensis. Its thornless character and its original 

 mountain habitat would point in this direction. 



Idaho Climbing. Mentioned in Hovey's Magazine, 1868, p. 

 285. It may have been the cut-leaved blackberry or a western 

 dewberry for all we know now. 



Jordan. A variety recently introduced by J. W. Austin, Pilot 

 Point, Texas, a native of that state. Described as a very strong 

 grower, hardy, and remarkably productive. Fruit large, of fine 

 flavor, ripening ten days later than Dallas and Early Harvest. 



Knox. Vigorous, large, about as hardy as Kittatinny, of good 

 quality but lacking in productiveness. 



Lincoln. A wild plant found about two miles from President 

 Lincoln's monument, near Springfield, 111. A vigorous, upright 

 grower, with long spines, hardy, a little later than Snyder. Fruit 

 large, oblong, glossy, juicy, of good quality; grain and seed large. 



Luther. A new variety sent out by R. D. Luther, Fredonia, 

 N. Y. Said to be vigorous, hardy and promising. 



Mason Mountain. Introduced by R. O. Thompson, of Ne- 

 braska, about 1865. Fruit large, conical, black, sweet, rich, 

 resembling Lawton. Hov. Mag. 1865: 122. 



Maxwell. Introduced by A. C. Maxwell, Chanute, Kansas. 

 Described as very large, sweet, rich, luscious, melting, and very 

 productive, ripening with Early Harvest. Bush a low, strong, 

 stocky grower. Not hardy in Pennsylvania. 



McCracken. Found in an Illinois wood by Mr. McCracken. 

 Hardy, early and of good quality, but small. Of little value. 



Missouri Mammoth. Disseminated from Northern Missouri. A 

 moderate, upright grower, not entirely hardy, and a shy bearer, 

 not all blossoms setting fruit, and some imperfect. Berry large, 

 oval, of fair quality; grain and seed large. A little later than 

 Snyder. Of little value. 



Mountain Rose. Mentioned in the report of the Kansas Horti- 

 cultural Society for 1886, p. 297. 



