VARIOUS BRAMBLE FRUITS 357 



variable species, bearing an oblong, very sweet and 

 desirable fruit. It was favorably mentioned by early 

 explorers, was highly esteemed by the Indians, and still 

 plays an important part in domestic economy from 

 Ventura county northward along the coast range. A 

 variety of this species has attained some fame as a 

 'white blackberry.' It is said that about L860, parties 

 gathering blackberries aboul half a mile from Crescenl 

 City, I>'-l Norte county, discovered a few bushes or 

 vines loaded with a berry exactly in shape of the black- 

 berry, hut of a white or cream color. The whole patch 

 did not extend beyond a space of a dozen feet square, 

 !>ut the vines were luxuriant and bore well. It was a 

 great curiosity, and the place and the berry were much 

 Bought tor. since that time the vines have spread 



gradually over a space of perhaps half an acre of 

 ground. Plants have been taken from this locality to 

 different parts." 



Remaining Types of Blackberry-tiki Plants 



Then- are various other species of rubuses which 

 bear edible ami attractive fruits, bul which have not yet 

 become prominent in cultivation, or are known onlj in 

 the wild state. The most remarkable of these remain- 

 ing types is the Logan-berry (Fig. "'.»). which was intro- 

 duced t<. tin- public in 1893 i'\ the California Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station. The Pacific coast botanists 

 and horticulturists Beem to be agreed that this singular 

 berrj is a hybrid of the A.ughinbaugh dewberry crossed 

 1>\ the Old World type of red raspberry, Rubus l<l<tns. 

 The historj of the plant is given bj Charles Howard 

 Shinn in "Garden and Forest" for November 21. 1894: 



