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'Cellent flavor. It is of a very vigorous growth, hardy, and exceedingly pro- 

 ductive. Kipens about the first of August, and continues in bearing a long 

 time. 



Sahle Queeyi — A new variety, lately introduced from Massachusetts, whence 

 it comes described, as in size, beauty, and fruitfnlness equal if not superior to 

 the New Rochelle. 



Wilson's Early — Fruit large, black; flesh firm, sweet, good. Valuable be- 

 cause of its earliness in ripening. 



RASPBEERIES. 



To keep a raspberry bed in good, productive condition, the old, weak, and 

 dead wood should be cut out every season, as soon as the crop is gathered, to 

 give strength to the young shoots for the next year's bearing. In spring, the 

 weakest suckers should be removed, leaving five or six of the strongest in each 

 bill. The ground should be spaded, and a top dressing of manure given. 



Protection — To guard against injury by the winter, the canes may be 

 tied to stakes and covered with straw, or they may be laid down in the autumn 

 and covered with a few inches of earth, leaves, litter, or branches of ever- 

 greens. — Barry. 



Anttoerp Red (of the Hudson river) — This is an excellent variety, and very 

 popular in market. Three-quarters of an acre of land on the Hudson, planted 

 with it, yielded 1330; and three acres in the same locality, $1,500 in one sea- 

 son. The berry is large, conical, dark red, rich, and juicy. Very early. 

 Canes have a few small purple spines. 



Antwerp) Yelloiu, or White — Fruit large, pale yellow, sweet, and rich ; a 

 beautiful and excellent fruit, but not so well adapted to marketing as the pre- 

 ceding; tender. Canes thickly covered with greenish spines. 



Atitivei'p Red — This is the genuine Red Antwerp, quite distinct from the 

 Hudson river variety; finer flavored, but not so firm, nor so valuable for mar- 

 ket. 



Catawissa — Fruit medium ; dark crimson, covered with a thick bloom. 

 Well suited for amateur culture. In order to obtain the best crops, the canes 

 should all be cut away in the spring, and as the new sprouts grow they should 

 be thinned to four to six canes only. Ripens first of August, and continues a 

 long time. 



Clarke — Fruit large; bright crimson; flesh rather soft; juicy, sweet, and 

 excellent. Foliage large, flat, and thick, and endures heat and cold better 

 than any European variety we have. Valuable as a family fruit. 



Davison's Thornless — This variety differs from the American Black Cap 

 «only by its ripening a few days earlier. It is about as vigorous, not quite as 

 large, but a little sweeter, and the canes without thorns, except a small one on 

 'the leaf stalk. 



Cincimiati Red — A vigorous, upright grower; productive; fruit medium; 

 light crimson, with a slight bloom ; flesh tender, with an excellent flavor. 



Doolittle (Improved Black Cap) — The fruit of this variety is an improve- 

 ment on the American Black Cap. One of the best of its class as a market 

 fruit. 



Golden TJiornless — A large variety of the American White or Yellow. 

 Moderately vigorous and productive, and has but few spines. 



Herstine — Plant a good grower; most abundant and early bearer; suckers 

 moderately ; fruit large, oblong, with small grains and crimson color ; flavor 



