LOGAN-BERRY 359 



is a vine of unusual substance and bealthfnlness, re- 

 sembling the Aughinbaugh blackberry, l>m readil} dis- 

 tingnisbed from it in the field. The berry is large and 

 solid, resembling the Aughinbaugh in shape, and re- 

 taining its delicious wild flavor. It is dark red to 

 purple when fully ripe, and shows in texture, in tin- 

 eas} slipping from the core, and partly in flavor, the 

 raspberry parentage. 



"Tests made in differenl soils and in some verj <li\ 

 situations bave shown so far, that the Logan-berry will 

 grow and bear a fair amount of fruil in localities where 

 the gooseberry, currant, high-bush varieties of black- 

 berries and dewberries have entirely failed. As I have 

 said, plants of Rnbus ursinus are sometimes found 

 thriving very well <>n dry hillsides with scrub <>;iks and 

 chaparral, but seldom bear fruit to any extent in such 

 ;iri<l places. In other words, some individuals of this 

 variable r~j>*«-i<- of minis grow in very hot, arid and 

 barren places, and the original Aughinbaugh, though 

 found on ;i sandy peninsula near the bay, instead of on 

 a hillside, seems t<> have had the power t<> transmit this 

 resistant quality, together with an increased produc- 

 tiveness. 



"The Logan-berrj is now grown for markel near 

 Santa Cruz and Watsonville, and the results are said to 

 be gratifying, l><>th in regard t>» price and yield. Like 

 the blackberry, the Beason is a long one, but I have no 

 data from the berr) gardens. It Is certain, however, 

 thai the area planted is being extended rapidly. The 

 Logan-berrj is harcrj wherever tested in California, but 

 thi< proves nothing in respect to its value in colder 



climates, though its wild blackberry hi 1 must be an 



advantage, possiblj sufficient t<> counteract the wi 



