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Pennock— R. occidentalis. 
A black-cap of medium slender habit originated by Mr. Chas. E. Pen¬ 
nock, of Bellvue, Colo. The plant is a good, healthy grower, but has not 
yet fruited on our grounds. 
Royal Church—/?, strigosus. 
While classified as an American red, it is quite possible that this 
variety is a hybrid and should be placed with the Rubus neglectus group. 
It is a very large and vigorous variety with purple caries, although 
producing suckers quite freely. Berries are very large, dark crimson, excel¬ 
lent quality, medium firm, stand up well in quart boxes, but are inclined to 
crumble. It produced the heaviest yield of any variety on our ground 
in 1897. 
First picking, July 21; heaviest, July 31; last, August 23. 
Shaffer—/?, neglectus. 
This is an extremely vigorous variety of the purple cane group, of which 
it is the type. While propagating by root tips, the bushes and also the ber¬ 
ries resemble th<5 red raspberries more than they do the black, although the 
berries grow in clusters much like the black-caps. The berry is large, dark 
red or purple, moderately firm, nearly as good quality as the reds and 
richer It is an excellent variety, but is used more for drying and for can¬ 
ning than for using in a fresh state. 
This variety is difficult to lay down unless it is trained to the operation 
from the first year. 
Strawberry-Raspberry, or Rose-Leafed Raspberry—/?, roscefolius. 
This variety is merely a horticultural novelty in this country. The 
species is found growing wild in Japan and Eastern Asia. It is of no value 
except as an ornamental plant and has not endured on our grounds even 
with winter protection. The summer heat seemed too intense for it. 
Thompson—/?, strigosus. 
One of the American reds. Introduced to Station grounds in 1898. 
Not yet fruited. 
Turner—/?, strigosus. 
This is a very vigorous, almost thornless variety, which was very popu¬ 
lar for many years. The principal objection is that the berries are rather 
soft. Berries large, dark red, medium to large, of good quality and yield. 
The yield is very steady for the first three weeks, the picking season with us 
being July 10 to August 11. 
An excellent variety for home use. 
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Japanese Wineberry /?. phcenicolasius. 
Set in the Station plat in-1898; failed to fruit; died 1899. It is doing 
fairly well on some grounds in this section, but is of no commercial value. 
It is a vigorous, semi-trailing bush of handsome appearance, but so far as 
fruit is concerned will be of interest only to those who are interested in hor¬ 
ticultural novelties. The species is found growing wild in Central and 
Northern Japan and has long been grown in this country as an ornamental. 
It was not boomed as a fruit plant till 1889-90 
BLACKBERRIES AND DEWBERRIES-/?*. 
But four types of blackberries enter into consideration 
in this section, viz: i, the Long Cluster; 2, the Short Clus¬ 
ter; 3, the Loose Cluster, which are thought to be hybrids 
between the first two and the common Dewberries of the 
Eastern states; 4, Northern Dewberries. The tendency 
