Fruit Brevities. 421 



Mr. A. M. Purdy, of whom the stock of Doolittle plants was 

 obtained, writes me that this Ohio raspberry which the eldest 

 VanDusen propagated was " precisely identical with what T 

 grew at that time as the Miami, obtained from Ohio, and it was 

 so decided by John J. Thomas and Patrick Barry, who saw them 

 on my grounds." 



All the true Ohio raspberry which is now grown, in western 

 New York seems to have come from this VanDusen stock, and 

 the variety is now widely distributed in other states. Mr. L. T. 

 Yeomans gives me the following note: 



"There are two distinct kinds of the Ohios; one is a dead 

 black berry, more prolific and sweeter, and the plant a stronger 

 grower; the other a firm berry, and slightly reddish. The 

 latter is much more common here. The former is by some sup- 

 posed to be the same as Johnston's Sweet." 



The Ohio Everbearing raspberry of the books, with which this 

 New York Ohio has been confounded, is probably no longer in 

 cultivation. It will be worth our while to inquire into its history, 

 however, for we shall thereby recall how recently it was that the 

 wild raspberry began to be impressed into cultivation. This 

 Ohio Everbearing, or Monthly Black-Cap, was, so far as I know, 

 the very first cultivated native black raspberry. It was brought 

 to notice by Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati, to whose enlight- 

 ened and prophetic efforts American fruit-growing owes so much, 

 particularly in the cultivation of the grape and strawberry. The 

 earliest record of the variety seems to have been made in the 

 Genesee Farmer, but I know this reference only by the following 

 entry in Hovey's Magazine of Horticulture, 1837, page 154 : 



^^Everbearing Raspberry. — The Genesee Farmer states that a new 

 kind of raspberry has been found in New York state, near Lake 

 Erie, by the Shakers residing there, and that it produces its fruit 

 throughout the summer and autumn. It is also stated to' be 

 really a valuable variety, and worthy of extensive cultivation. 

 The fruit in appearance is longer than the wild black raspberry, 

 and approaches near, in size and excellence, to the White 

 Antwerp, but is not so high fiavored. The habit of growth is 



