RUBUS 



RUBUS 



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sweet. In the iiioiiTitiiiiis, particularly in the Coast 

 Kaiiges, of the Patntic slupt-; also in Idaho. — It has 

 come iuto some prominence as a fruit plant within the 

 last dozen ycnrs. Nameil varieties are Auj^diinbau^^h, 

 Skaffit Cliitef, Btdle of Washing-tun and WushiDt;-ton 

 Clinil)iiii,^ Hlai-kiivrry. The sperifs is ]terp]exing'ly va 

 riable, and well-marked characters seem to be asso- 

 ciated with the didtTt'nt srxuai forms. The Loganberry 

 (which see, j'. 9'.u) is t>aid to ^^v a hybrid between this 

 species and li. Idtt ks. iV. ri/iio!iiis is n-corded as hav- 

 ing been crossed with li. vmUf ijifoHiis by Luther Bur- 

 bank. The^lammoth Blackberry ot California is said to 

 be a cross between h\ vififoliiis and the \\'ihl Black- 

 berry of Texas [li. </>■(/ u i n s Z ) . See Paritic Kural Press, 

 Sept. 4, 1897, for descripiion and poi-trair. 'J'lie account 

 says that the Mannuoth " produces ))erries of ininiensc 

 size, supposed to be the largest Bhnd-tberry ever grown, 

 berries li-'y inches in length bfiui;- frequently found. 

 * * * Tbe canes of the Mammoth are very peculijir. 

 beiug very hirge and thickly covered with small, short 

 spines. The canes start early in March, grow thick and 

 stout until about 5 ft. high; they then take on a run- 

 ning habit and grow from 25 to 30 ft. in a season. 

 Late in the fall the tips or stolons seek the ground 

 and take root." The variety is partially evergreen in 

 I'alifornia. The fruit is said to be more acid than the 

 old Lawton Blackberry, but " when perfectly ripe is 

 sweet and of superior tla^"ur." 



GroHp 'k Uxi'tfic Deirht fries . ir/tli ceri/ long, prichJii, 

 glaucous rants a ii<? htrgi: very sharp-toothed tl'ts. 



3fj. dumetbrum, Weihe. Fig. 2216. Canes long and 

 slender, terete, often 10-2.") ft. long, trailing or half- 

 prostrate, glaucous, thickly beset with rather small 

 somewhat curved spines: Ifts. usually 3, mostly broad- 

 ovate, pointed to acuminate, irregiihirly sharp-toothed, 

 becominii: bn^nizy and brown in autanm : tis. small, 

 white, the calyx white-tomento^,-, ,,11 sluirt pedicels in 

 a cluster terminating leafy growths of the season: fr. 

 of a few lar;:re black drupelets. Europe.— Lately intro 

 ducnd for the covering of lianks and stony places, for 

 whirli it is hiiclily rei-omnn-ndeil. Its autuuni color is 

 attractive. Hardy in Xew England. 



R. hiflonts. Ham. Raspberry, apparently allied to K. o^r-i- 

 dentalis, and prized in cult, for its glaucous - white i-aiies: 

 reaches 8-10 ft., with strong arching canei^ that bear str<ing, 

 recurved prickles: Ifts. ovate or oval, iucisr- serrate, wliitisli 

 beneath: tis. large and white, 1-.^ on drooping pedicels; berry 

 amber-colored, size of the coraTUon Raspberry, the calyx at tirst 

 erect but finally spreading. Temperate Himalaya. B.M. 4678. 

 R.H. 1855:5. Gil. 54. p. 45(i.— _B. Gapi'tisis, Burbank. Under this 

 u'mie Luther Burbank desi^ribes a bramble tied '-fime to him 

 '' by way of Xe\r Zenlaud from South Africi, a.ud is probably 



the one that Stanley speaks so highly of as growing in places 

 on the r)ark Continent. Tlie eanes grow to a lieight of G-10 

 feet, bending over antl routing from tips like Blackcap Rasp- 

 berries. The whole plant is covered with a short, laisty down, 





2211. Small form of Rubus villosus. the northern Dewberry. 

 'ienerally known as L'. t''a)ia<lf'is'S. Xo. 32. 



and few short scattered prir-kles; the fruit is frdly as large or 

 larger tlian Shaffer's OoJoss.-d Raspberry, of a purplish wine 

 or mulberry color, and of excellent quality, though the berries 

 do not separate from the rei'eptacle as freely as they shoiild; 

 it is a very promising berry - plant." See Burbank's "New 

 Creations in Fruits and Flowers," June, 189-4; also Gu. 48, p. 

 126. The picture represents a very rugose leaf with 5 shallow 

 nearly rounded lobes and very irregidarly serrate margins: 

 stems with' curved prickles, and a small cluster with large, 

 globvilar short-pedirelled fmits. It is probal'ly R. Moluccanus. 

 —Ji.Jap''nilc>is, Veitidi. Known to horticulturists in its varie- 

 gated form (R. .Taponieus tri<'olor) : slender trailer, with rose- 

 colored stems and petioles: Ivs. ovate, mostly indistim^tly 3- 

 lolird, very sharply toothed, the youngest ones pinkish wliite 

 and the niature ones blotched green and white. Not known to 

 be in cult, in this country. It would probably not be hardj'" 

 north. Tlie botanical position of the plant is not designated. 

 G.O. III. 16:1)5. J.H. IIL 20:00. G.M. 37:4-12.—/.'. ifoivccanvs, 

 Linn. A large Rasjiljerr.v, common in InOia and Malaya, and to 

 be expected as an introduced plant in many warm countries. 

 Very robust, the canes and bramdies red hairy and spiny: Ivs. 

 very varialjle. large, usually hairy, dull -pubescent beneath, 

 shallnwly 3-5dobed, irregularlj-- serrate : tis. -white, in con- 

 tracted terminal clusters: tr. in shades of red. succulent. B.R. 

 6:4t31.— A*, stellatus. Smith, produces an edible fruit, prized in 

 Alaska: stem simple and herbaceous, only a tew inches long, 

 1-fld.: Ivs. cordate, Sdobed or 3-parted; lis. red. Northwestern 

 Arctic America. l_ fj_ p,_ 



