- RT8 OF DEWBERRIES 



forms ar< probably worthy of botan- 

 ical aames. To this species «>i its 

 botanical varieties m<»-t of the culti- 

 vated dewberries belong. It is read- 

 ily divided into two sections or sub 

 types : 



1. The common dew- 

 berries, Rubus villosus (or 

 /,' | inadensis ^proper. Tin- 

 leaves vary greatly in size 

 and shape, th<>>.- apon the 

 bearing canes being small, 

 while those npon growing 

 canes may in- nearly as 

 large as the leavi 

 blackberries. 



Pour varieties of this 

 type of "Rubus villosus are 

 in cultivat ion : 



Windom, firsl brought 

 into prominent notice in 

 1887 by the Seedling < !om- 

 mission of tin- Mini. 



Hurt icultural Societ) . 



The reporl ■ >!' •' 8 I [arris, 



of the < Commission, i-> 



\ • W iidom 



[Cottonwood county] we 

 met Dewaiu < Cook, of Dale 

 township, a wide-awake 



man. win. i- pursuing fruit 

 culture under many dis 

 advantages. II'- ba 



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