132 Bush-Fruits 



The loganberry has been thought to be a hybrid between 

 the western dewberry and the European red raspberry. 

 The fruit is large and early, ripening from about the mid- 

 dle of May to the first of June, according to locality. On 

 its surface the berry appears like a raspberry and its color 

 is a bright glowing red, which changes to a dull purplish 

 red when fully ripe. It has a core, and parts from the 

 calyx like a blackberry. The plant possesses all the char- 

 acteristics of the wild dewberry, but is even more vigor- 

 ous. It roots at the tips and never throws up suckers. 

 It bears heavily, as much as twenty-five pounds having 

 been gathered from a single plant. The fruit is of good 

 quality and popular, having reached much commercial 

 importance. Phases of dewberry culture are illustrated 

 in Plates IV and VI. 



While very successful in the far West, especially in 

 southern California and the central Coast Region, the 

 loganberry does not thrive in the East. Its growth is 

 easily stimulated by warm weather, then is killed by 

 succeeding cold weather. Even if the plant survives the 

 winter the blossoms are likely to be caught by spring 

 frosts. 



Judge Logan believes the Mammoth dewberry to be a 

 cross between the dewberry and the Early Texas black- 

 berry. Its fruit is similar to that of the wild dewberry, 

 except in size, being very large, sometimes reaching a 

 length of two and one-half inches. It is jet black in color, 

 less acid than the loganberry, and ripens some two weeks 

 later. It is described as sweet and delicious when thor- 

 oughly ripe, better than the loganberry for eating raw, 

 but less desirable when cooked and utterly insipid in 



