NORTHERN DEWBERRY VARIETIES 245 



Lucretia (Rubus villosus var. roribaccus). This is the best 

 known of all the dewberries. Found by a soldier in the Civil War, 

 who, being stationed near Beverly, W. Va., iduring most of his 

 service, returned there after the war in search of a wife, and 

 acquired this dewberry as a perquisite to the plantation owned by 

 her. He transplanted some to his garden, and later sent plants 

 to his father in Ohio. These fell into the hands of B. F. 

 Albaugh, of Covington, Ohio, who named the variety and intro- 

 duced it to the trade. As sent out, this variety has been greatly 

 mixed, but the true type is a large fruit, productive, of good 

 quality, and gives satisfaction wherever the dewberry succeeds. 



Lucretia' s Sister (Rubus villosus. ) Introduced by J. B. Treed - 

 way, of Brandt, Ohio, about 1886. Seems to possess little value. 



Mammoth. Two varieties appear to have been sold under 

 this name, one being Rubus invisus and the other Rubus villosus. 

 The former Professor Bailey considers to be the same as, Bartel. 

 The other he has been unable to trace. Cornell Univ. Exp. Sta. 

 Bull. 34: 306. 



Hayes (Mayes Hybrid, Austin's Improved). (Rubus villosus 

 var. roribaccus [?]). Found growing wild in Texas, on the farm 

 of John Mayes, some time about 1880, mingled with both the 

 native Texan, now called Dallas, and the common dewberry, 

 Rubus trivialis, and thought to have been a hybrid between the 

 two. This account of its origin would indicate that it belongs 

 among the southern dewberries, but herbarium specimens seem 

 to agree much more closely with the Lucretia type, and I there- 

 fore place it there provisionally. Mr. Mayes began cultivating 

 the variety, and found it to improve under cultivation. Later 

 it was sent out by J. W. Austin, of Pilot Point, Texas, as 

 Austin's Improved. The plant is trailing in habit when young, 

 but is said to become stronger and somewhat upright with age. 

 It propagates by tips or root -cuttings. The fruit is very large, 

 of fine appearance, and the plants are prolific. Young plants 

 at the Nebraska Experiment Station were much more promising 

 than those of Lucretia. Unfortunately these were destroyed by 

 the erection of a building in midsummer, so that their further 

 behavior cannot be reported upon. It seems to be one of the 

 most promising varieties now grown. 



Never Fail (Rubus invisus). A variety mentioned by Bailey 

 (1. c.) as known to him only from a specimen and notes received 

 from F. L. Wright, Plainville, Mich., who obtained it from 

 central Indiana, though it is supposed to have originated in 

 central Ohio. Mr. Wright's statement regarding its qualities 

 is that "it never fails to produce an abundance of wood, but 

 always fails to produce fruit. I never had a perfect berry." 



