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and well flavored, ripening early and continuing long in bearing. 

 Very susceptible to attacks of red rust. 



Knox. Plants strong, upright, about as hardy as Kittatinny; 

 fruit large, attractive and of good quality. 



La Grange. Offered by Bradley Brothers of 111., as a Russian 

 product, said to have been brought from that country and fruited 

 for some years by Mr. La Grange of Illinois. Reputed to be ex- 

 tremely hardy and very productive, possessing more or less ever- 

 bearing habits, the first fruit ripening in July and continuing until 

 September. Fruit said to be large and free from core. 



Latimer Seedling (D). Mentioned as on trial at the Geneva 

 (N. Y.) Experiment Station. Received from J. W. Latimer, Pleasan- 

 ton, Kansas. 



Lawton (New Rochelle, Seacor's Mammoth). Found by Lewis 

 A. Seacor, in New Rochelle, N. Y., and brought to public notice 

 largely by William Lawton, of the same place, about 1848. Vig- 

 orous, hardy and productive, with strong spines. Fruit very large, 

 oval, and intensely black when fully ripe. It is then juicy, soft, 

 and sweet, with an excellent flavor, but when gathered too early, 

 very sour and insipid. This was the second blackberry introduced 

 into cultivation, and it did much to popularize the fruit. 



Leader. Originated with Daniel S. Kriebel, in Kenakee Co., 

 Illinois. Said by him to be large, of the best quality, and very pro- 

 ductive, never failing to produce a crop. 



Lincoln. A wild plant found about two miles from President 

 Lincoln's monument, near Springfield, 111. Vigorous, upright, hardy, 

 with long spines. Fruit large, glossy, of good quality. 



Loganberry (D). This berry originated on the grounds of Judge 

 J. H. Logan, of Santa Cruz, California, in 1882, from seed planted 

 by him the preceding year. A full account of its origin, as given by 

 Judge Logan himself, appears in Bulletin 45 of the Rhode Island 

 Experiment Station. It seems that he had for some time been in- 

 terested in raspberries and blackberries, and had growing together 

 the Texas Early blackberry, the Aughinbaugh dewberry, and an 

 old but unknown variety of red raspberry, resembling the Red Ant- 

 werp. In August of 1881 he planted seeds of the Aughinbaugh, ex- 

 pecting to get a cross between it and the Texas Early. He raised 



