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canes were absolutely thornless, as were all other 

 portions of the plant; they were as smooth as 

 strawberry plants in leaf and stem, but their form 

 and manner of growth now departed strangely 

 from the traditions of the trailing parent. 



Obviously the influence of the raspberry 

 parent had at last made itself potent. 



Some of the plants were yellowish, indicating 

 that the berries would probably be yellow; others 

 were reddish. There were no blossoms the first 

 season, but the ensuing year panicles of blossoms 

 of great size were put forth, some of the bunches 

 being twelve inches in breadth — far larger than 

 those usually seen on the raspberry. In a single 

 panicle there were sometimes several hundred 

 flowers. The individual blossoms were generally 

 larger than the flowers of the raspberry, but 

 slightly smaller than those of the strawberry. 



In the center of each blossom was a miniature 

 berry, which might be said to resemble either a 

 strawberry or a raspberry, being so small that 

 its exact characteristics could hardly be dis- 

 tinguished. 



I was quite sure I had a valuable cross, and 

 that at least one might be found among the many 

 that would produce fruit. But in this I was 

 disappointed; not a plant produced a single 

 berry. The miniature fruit remained unchanged 



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