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best of its kind, and is more or less grown in various parts of 

 America. Antwerp is a favorite on the Pacific slope, where it 

 is often planted as a companion of Ciithbert, than which it is 

 more productive. It is tender to cold and susceptible to crown- 

 gall. 



Plants vijjorous ^vith long yellowish-green canes, glaucous, tinged with 

 purple; beset with dark brown bristles; bearing wood nearly smooth. Fruit 

 early, large, conical, dark red, firm^ rich and rather sweet; quality good. 



640. Brilliant. R. sirigosus. — This variety is comparatively 

 new, and is grow^n commercially only in New Jersey and Dela- 

 ware, where it has the reputation of being one of the most 

 profitable red raspberries. It is a heavy yielder and is adapted 

 to a variety of soils, which, however, must be rich. Brilliant 

 originated at Bridgeville, Delaware, and w-as introduced in 1901. 



Plants medium to tall, of medium vigor, upright or slightly drooping, 

 much branched, very productive, with many suckers, lacking in hardiness. 

 Leaflets rather small, yellowish-green, with characteristic tendency to lobe. 

 Fruit early midseason, just before Cuthbert, rather small, hemispherical, 

 downy, light bright glossy red; drupelets of medium size, rather dry, mild 

 and not particularly well flavored; quality not above good; seeds of medium 

 size. 



641. Cardinal. R. strigosus X R- occidentalis. — Cardinal can 

 be grown farther north and south than any other purple sort, 

 and farther south than any other raspberry. The plants are 

 very productive, vigorous, and healthy. It is a valuable sort 

 for the Central West. The variety originated with A. H. Griesa, 

 Lawrence, Kansas, in 1895. 



Plants vigorous, very hardy to heat and cold, productive. Fruits large, 

 uniform in size, broadly-hemispherical, rather dark purple, dull; drupelets 

 large, round, numerous; torus large, smooth, releasing the berry readily; 

 flesh juicy, firm but tender, sweet, rich, aromatic, resembling in flavor the 

 red raspberry; quality good to very good; seeds rather large. 



642. Columbian. R. strigosus X R- occidentalis. — Columbian is 

 the most prized of the purple raspberries by virtue of the large 

 size, firm flesh, handsome appearance, and high quality of the 

 fruit ; and the hardiness, healthfulness, and phenomenal produc- 

 tiveness of the plants. It is now more largely grown for com- 

 mercial canning than any other raspberry, red, black, or purple. 



