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ductive, with fruit of fine size and fair quality, though the latter lacks bright- 

 ness of color. They seem to me to deserve more attention than they have 

 received. 



Early Reliance and Early Prolific, although hardly new sorts, are valuable 

 varieties for house use. They have inherited the hardiness of their parent, 

 the Philadelphia, as well as its dark color, which is objectionable in the 

 market. 



Welsh, Niagara, and Talcott, are comparatively recent introductions, which 

 present few if any specially valuable characteristics. 



Hausell was disseminated several years since as the earliest red raspberry; 

 but it proves to have but slight advantage in this particular, while it is rather 

 small, not quite productive enough, and of but moderate quality. The plant 

 is sufficiently hardy at the lake shore but is not very vigorous. 



Superb is of the same season as Hansell, doubtless a needling of the Phila- 

 delphia, with the same dark color. It can only be commended as a variety 

 for home use, as, although the berries are very large (often seven-eighths of 

 an inch in diameter), they are so closely put together that they crumble a 

 good deal in picking, which, together with their dark color, unfits them for 

 the market. 



Michigan Early seems to be almost unknown in Michigan, although said to 

 have originated here. It comes to us from New Jersey. So far it seems to 

 be of very little value. 



If we were to name a single variety, strictly for home use, it would still be 

 the Herstine. Although not hardy enough to stand the winter with certainty, 

 even at the lake shore, and not quite as productive as might be desirable, its 

 large size, very bright color, and rich, sprightly flavor, commend it strongly 

 to those wishing fruit for itself rather than for the money it will command in 

 the market. 



INTERMEDIATE VARIETIES. 



It is quite customary to speak of these as hybrids, but the correctness of 

 the assumption is very doubtful, and all these being accidental originations 

 there are no means of determining the fact. 



Shaffer is one of the most valuable of these. It is the strongest grower of 

 either class, very productive and hardy, usually producing a late crop from 

 the tips of the young canes of spring-set plants. Its fruit is very large, dark 

 purple, with a whitish pubescence, which is objected to at least in markets 

 where it is not well known. A superior fruit for canning. 



New Uochelle is much like the above in color and quality, but otherwise 

 differing little from an ordinary black-cap. 



Caroline is an alleged hybrid between the finest of the European class of 

 suckering raspberries — Brincke's Orange — and the black-caps. It roots some- 

 what reluctantly from both the roots and the tips of the shoots. Unlike all 

 other yellow "caps," it retains its bright, clear yellow even when overripe. 



TIP-llOOTIXG OR *'CAP" VARIETIES. 



These have now come to be quite numerous. Of the more recent ones 

 Souhegan and Tyler (which are practically identical) with Ohio and Hop- 

 kins are the most valuable. 



Hilborn, which is quite new, is very nearly as large as Gregg, clear, glossy 



