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Plants, continued 

 Leaflets, continued 

 Upper surface 

 Light, medium, dark green 



Dull glossy 



Smooth or 'roughened 

 Lower surface 

 Whitish, greenish 



Pubescent glabrous 



Tomentose 

 Margin 

 Dentate, crenate, serrate 

 Even or uneven 

 Single or double series 

 Jagged, hairy 

 Lobed, glandular 

 Petiole 

 Long, medium, short 

 Thick, medium, slender 

 Spiny .... prickly .... thorny . . 



Pubescent glabrous 



glandular 



Flowers 



Date of bloom 



Season early, medium, late 

 Large, medium, small 



White rose 



Glandular, pubescent, glabrous 

 Fruit 



Early, midseason, late 



Date of Eipening 



Length of Season 



Borne How 



Keeping Quality 



Shipping Quality 



Picking Quality 



Adherence 



Strong, medium, weak 



Large, medium, small 



Uniform or variable 



Retains size through season, 

 drops 



Regular, irregular 



Long, medium, short 



Broad, roundish, conic 



Bloom 



Styles 



Drupes 



Large, medium, small 



Numerous, medium, few 

 Coherence 



Strong, medium, crumbly 



Whitish, yellow, amber 



Light, medium, dark red 



Purple, black 



Dull glossy 



Juicy, medium, not juicy 



Tough, medium, tender 



Firm, melting, seedy 



Sweet, insipid, subacid 



Sprightly, sour 



High-flavored, aromatic 

 Quality 



Best, very good, good 



Fair, poor, very poor 

 Use 



Dessert, kitchen, market 



Home, drying 

 Desirability 



Remarks 



European raspherry. 



Only one species of raspberry is much ^own in Europe, a 

 red berry ; the black and purple berries are scarcely known in 

 the Old World. 



259. The European raspberry described. — That it may be 

 distinguished from the American red, the botanical and po- 

 mological characters of the European should be noted carefully. 



1. R. idcpus, Linn. Canes stiff and upright, light colored, glandular 

 when young, beset with nearly straight slender prickles. Leaves compound 

 with 3-5 leaflets which are oblong-ovate, pointed, irregularly serrate, downy- 

 white underneath, lateral ones sessile, usually more or less wrinkled. Flowers 



