ON THE ORIGIN OF NEW SPECIES 
refused to grant fruitage to any of them. 
Strangely enough, too, the new berry upon 
which Nature bestowed its favor ripens its 
fruit several weeks earlier than either parent 
and excels both in productiveness. 
In planting over five thousand seeds of the 
new berry, every one produced a primus berry, 
with such slight variations as may be observed 
in seedlings of any other fixed species. This 
added the last needed proof, if other proof 
were necessary, showing that amalgamation 
had been complete. 
By all scientific rules and tests, as well as by 
the canons of common sense, the primus berry 
takes its place with the plumcot and the phe- 
nomenal berry as distinct new creations. It 
should be noted, however, that not every plum- 
cot seed planted produces a plumcot, thus fix- 
ing it also as distinct. Some slightly incline to 
one parent, some to the other, as not enough 
time has elapsed completely to fix the type. 
After the creation of the primus berry came 
that of the Phenomenal berry, in itself as won- 
derful as either the plumcot or the primus 
berry. It was the result of the union of the 
California wild dewberry and the Cuthbert 
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