THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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Rubus Ursinus and its Hybrids 
Ihj S. L. Walk'uis, Pleasant Valley, California. 
Hubns ursinus, (Pacific Coast dewberries) ; Tliis 
berry varies greatly in its wild state, there being thou¬ 
sands of variatiojis or types, many are so sufliciently 
pronounced as to warrant separate botanical names. 
This class of plants are all trailers. One of the large 
leaved and large caned sorts is the parent of the Augbin- 
baugli berry—in fact the Augbinbaugb is only a select 
ty])e of the large leaved Puhus ursinus. 
The Aughinbaugh berry is one of the parents of the 
Logan berry, and if I mistake not the Cutbbert rasp- 
berry the other parent. 
Pubus ursinus is entirely different from any of the 
other dewberries throughout the world, and in (juality it 
stands high, and also possesses extreme earliness. It is 
a plant of great vigor and vitality, and will thrive in very 
arid sections. 
The Pubus (frsi)ius species is perplexingly variable, 
and well marked characters seem to be associated with 
the different sexual forms. In their wild state a pre- 
j)onderance of pistillate sorts, or varieties prevail, and 
in their native haunts are very productive. 
I would not class Pubus ursinus as a dewberry, but on 
the contrary as a distant berry fruit from all others. 
There are many types of Pubus ursinus in its wdld 
state whose foliage is identical to the Logan berry, the 
general plant growth, blooms, etc., also being identical. 
Many of these w ild types produce fruit as large or larger 
than the Logan berry, some types have jet black fruit, 
some pink and some yellow and white. We have been 
engaged for some time in collecting and testing these 
w ild varieties,—a great many of these latter how^ever, are 
imperfect flowering sorts, and when removed from their 
native home, do not bear well unless in close proximity 
to some perfect flowering dewberry or rasi)berry, as 
strange to relate many of our common raspberries w ill 
fulfill the requirements for a perfect fertilizing agent for 
these imperfect flowering sorts. 
Pubus ursinus has played a very important part in the 
originating of many new" and select types of berries the 
past few years. Perhaps the greatest berry so far ])ro- 
duced by using Pubus ursinus as a parent ])lant is the 
Logan berry. 
We may state regarding the Logan berry, no berry in¬ 
troduced in the past 100 years has been of such great 
value to humanity and the world at large as the Logan 
berry. It is now" cultivated all over the civilized world, 
and succeeds in almost all climes and lands. In 
Kurope it is a great success, also Australia, New' Zea¬ 
land. South America, etc. In the colder ])ortions of the 
United States it will do w"ell, if the canes are protected 
in the winter time, and this is easily aceomplished. as 
the vines are trailers and easily covered and uncovered. 
The Logan l)erry is put to more uses than any other 
berrj" fruit know"n. In the Pacific North West it is 
evaporated in large (piantiti(‘s and sbipp(‘d to Alaska—- 
also large (juantities are used for making Logan berrv 
juice, which is used (extensively in IIk; coidectionery ai’ts, 
and for making a cooling refreshing drink, also for s(*a- 
soning and flavoring ice cnom, cak(‘s, (‘tc. It is one of 
the best canning berries in tlu; world, also for making 
pies, jams, jellies, short cak{*s foi’ both w inter and sum¬ 
mer use. The demand for Logan Ixu’iy fruit from tlu' 
canneries all over the country is enormous. 
The Logan berry is a very productive fruit, thriving 
well in all soils and climates, it is very early and a long 
continued fruiting vine. ft is a veiy large beiry, and 
the fruits average large from the earliest to the lat(‘sl 
pickings,—the fruit is a deej) reddish maroon color, w ith 
a sharp, brisk acid flavor w"hich charms all. Tlu' Lo¬ 
gan berry has a trailing prostrate habit of giowth, and 
is i)ropagated by tij) plants and by cuttings. 
The following select varieties of berry fruits all owe 
their origin wliolly or in part to the Pubus tu^sinus 
species of berry. All these plants are worthy of exten¬ 
sive cultivation, 
Meadhi Berry, a cross between tlu! .lapaiu'sc* wine- 
berry and the Logan berry,—the canes show' the red 
spines of the wineherry, the fruits r(‘send)le the Logan 
berry, but are a brighter red. flavor is also sweeter, and 
the fruits are larger. These rl])en the same time as the 
Logan berry. Productiveness the same as tb(‘ Logan 
berry. 
Waters Berry, a cross made by Henry W^at(‘rs of this 
place, several yexirs ago, between the Logan berry and 
the French Everbearing raspberry. Plajds hav(' tlu* 
leaves of the Logan berry, and the uj)i‘ight grow llUof the 
French everbearing ras])b('rry. The fruit wbicb is 
purple, grows in dense clusters, large size, round in 
shape, a flavor decidedly uniejue, as it partakes of tbe 
sharp acid flavor of the Logan berry, and the sw(‘(M ricli 
flavor of the French everbearing ras[)berry. Plants 
propagate from suckers like the French ras[)berry. 
Bipens in Augu.st and September, a V(‘ry productive sort. 
Lowberry, a berry [)roduced in England —a cross be- 
tw"een the Logan berry and an upright Euro|)ean black¬ 
berry, the fruit which is borne in clusters is similar to 
the Logan berry, and is about IVli inches long, jet black, 
when ripe, juicy and of a rich sprightly agnicahle llavoi'. 
Ilailsham Berry, said to be a cross between tbe Logan 
berry and a large red fruited autumn ras])bei’ry. This 
miarlit he termecl a sweet Logan beriT as tin' llavor is ri(*h 
and 
sweet, fruit large of a beautiful crimson color. 
Bipens in S('pt(Mnber and Octobei’. Fruit tlu' same size 
and sjiape_a>’ tb(‘ Logan berry. 
New'berry, cross between tbe Logan laurv and llu' Su¬ 
perlative raspberry, has the hal)it of tlu' Logan Ikm it. tbe 
canes grow ten to fifteen feet in length, bearing from 100 
to 200 fruits, about two inches in length, of a fire red 
