CHAPTER VI 

 MISCELLANEOUS BRAMBLES 



WHILE raspberries, blackberries and dewberries of the 

 types which we have described in the foregoing chapters 

 are the only brambles of much commercial importance 

 in this country, there are nevertheless a few outlying types 

 to which we may profitably give attention. 



THE ORIENTAL RASPBERRIES 



At least four species of oriental or Japanese raspberries 

 have found their way into the United States, the best 

 known probably being the one reintroduced a few years 

 ago under the name of Japanese wineberry. They have 

 proved less valuable than many other Japanese fruits, 

 and have little to recommend them. They are not likely 

 to become popular nor to be grown to any great extent, 

 though two of them have some value as ornamental 

 plants. 



The mayberry (Japan golden mayberry). This was 

 raised by Luther Burbank, of California, and is said to 

 have been produced from seeds of Rubus palmatus, a 

 Japanese species, crossed with the Cuthbert raspberry. 

 It is claimed to produce a bush six to eight feet high, 

 bearing numerous large white blossoms, which are fol- 

 lowed by "large, sweet, glossy, golden, semi-transparent 



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