ON SOME ODD BERRIES 



ern blackcap will be worthy of a place in the 

 small-fruit garden side by side with the very best 

 varieties of raspberry under cultivation. 



It should be added that this species, like a 

 number of the eastern Rubuses occasionally pro- 

 duces nearly white berries. These also might be 

 developed into fruits of real merit, and doubtless 

 will be when someone finds the time and interest 

 to carry out the experiment of developing them 

 along the now familiar lines outlined herein. 

 The Cape Raspberry 



One of the strangest forms of Rubus with 

 which I have experimented is a species that came 

 to me from New Zealand but which had its origi- 

 nal home in Southern Africa. 



This form is known as Rubus capensis, in rec- 

 ognition, presumably, of its having been found in 

 the Cape region of Southern Africa. It is not 

 confined to this region, however, as it is believed 

 to be the same species described by Stanley as 

 growing in various regions in the heart of the 

 Dark Continent. 



The fruit borne by the Cape raspberry is of a 

 dark mulberry color. It is of the raspberry type 

 quite unmistakably but is larger than any other 

 raspberry I have ever seen. The quality of the fruit 

 is fair, and its large size makes it peculiarly 

 attractive. 



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