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rooting at the tips and producing suckers but sparingly. Hardy 

 and productive. Fruit large, firm, glossy jet black, with small seeds, 

 good flavor and soft core. Ripens about with Wilson. 



Red Hybrid. Mentioned in "Experiments and Public Work of 

 the Colorado Agr. College," 1884, p. 15. 



Reyner. Canes strong, vigorous, greenish, with few prickles. 

 Fruit short, irregular, with large drupelets, sweet and of good quality 

 but small. 



Robinson. Originated by Willard R. Cisco, of Texas. Described 

 as vigorous, upright, prolific, large and of good quality. Reported 

 good in Texas but a shy bearer in the North, being unable to stand 

 a temperature much below zero. 



Rodgers (D). Offered as the earliest variety in Texas. Large, of 

 excellent quality and a good shipper. 



Role Early. Mentioned. Rept. Kan. Hort. Soc. 1887-8, p. 482. 



Sable Queen. Introduced by J. W. Manning, Reading, Mass. 

 Said to equal Dorchester or New Rochelle in size, beauty and fruit- 

 fulness. Downing. 



Sadie. Sent out from Iowa under the claim that its cells were so 

 arranged as to resist very low temperatures. 



Sanford.Very productive but too small to be of value. Fruit 

 resembles Snyder. 



Seedless Blackberry. Not seedless, but the seeds are small. A 

 good family berry in California. R. N. Y. 1908 : 234. 



See Early. So much like Brunton's Early that it may be the same. 

 IU. Hort. Soc. 1878 : 125. 



Simpson. Mentioned. Proc. N. J. Hort. Soc. 1900 : 192. 



Sinclair. Mentioned in Hovey's Magazine, 1868, p. 285. 



Skagit Chief (D). A variety sent out from the state of Washing- 

 ton in 1891. Supposed to be R. vitifolius. 



Snyder. This is the best known of all blackberries. What the 

 Baldwin is to the apple in the eastern states and the Ben Davis 

 in the West; what the Concord is to the grape; what the Lombard 

 is to the plum, the Snyder is to the blackberry. It originated as a 

 chance seedling, on or near the farm of Henry Snyder, near La Porte, 

 Ind., about the year 1851. It is a vigorous, strong, upright grower; 

 very hardy and productive. Fruit of poor quality, medium size, 



