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soils, and is as hardy to cold and endures heat as well as any other red raspberry. The 

 plants are usually healthy and productive, but are more seriously affected by leaf curl than 

 almost any other sort, and are quite susceptible to the dreaded mosaic. The faults are 

 that the plants are not as productive as those of a good commercial sort ought to be and the 

 crop ripens too late for many northern markets. The berries are of handsome red color, 

 medium firm of flesh, and of very good quality when not overripe. As the berries pass 

 maturity, however, the quality deteriorates and heavy bloom detracts from the attractive- 

 ness of the fruits. Cuthbert was found as a chance seedling by Thomas Cuthbert in his 

 garden at Riverdale, now a part of New York City, about 1865. It was thought the 

 variety might be a seedling of Hudson River Antwerp since it came up near a bed of that 

 sort. The variety was not disseminated until about 1880, but since that time it has been 

 widely grown. The berry was grown in different localities under various names but for 

 the last quarter-century it has been known only as Cuthbert. The American Pomological 

 Society added the variety to its list of recommended fruits in 1881. 



Plants tall, vigorous, upright-spreading, hardy, not very productive, very susceptible 

 to leaf curl, contract mosaic slowly, moderately injured; propagated from suckers; canes 

 numerous, somewhat stocky, light green becoming yellowish brown, with a very thin, 

 whitish bloom, with eglandular tips; prickles very small, slender, numerous, green or slightly 

 tinged red at the tips; leaflets usually 5, medium in size, pale green, very light colored 

 beneath on the bearing canes, often curved, long-oval, dull, rugose, with serrate margins; 

 petiole slender, glabrous, slightly glaucous. Flowers medium in season; pedicels eglandular, 

 pubescent; calyx prickly. Fruit late, season long; medium to large, uniform, retains size 

 well through the season, conical, dull, dark red, with hea\'y bloom; torus roughish, pointed; 

 drupelets small, very uniform, with strong coherence; cavity-scars conspicuous; flesh juicy, 

 of but medium firmness, sweet, rich, aromatic; very good in quality. 



Deacon, i. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 56:47. 1907. 



Originated by William Saunders, Ottawa, Canada. Plants upright, vigorous and 

 productive; prickles numerous, slender; fruit medium in size, roundish, irregular, deep 

 red; drupelets large, crumbly, soft, subacid; flavor and quality good; not large enough 

 or firm enough to be of much value; midseason. 



Delaware, i. N. J. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 23. 1876. 



Described in 1876 as a new seedling recently raised from Hornet (I); included in the 

 fruit catalog of the American Pomological Society from 1881 to 1883. Plants less hardy 

 than Cuthbert; fruit large, conic, red; lacking in quality. 



Devon, i. Bunyard Cai. 49. 1915-16. 2. Jmir. Pom. & Hort. Set. 3:24. 1922. 



Raised by George Pyne of the Denver Nurseries, Topsham, Devon, England, who 

 introduced it in 1904. Plants vigorous and very productive on moist soils; canes numerous, 

 stout, upright, purplish, heavily glaucous, glabrous; prickles numerous, short, stout; fruit 

 very large, oblong-conic to roundish, moderately firm; late. 



Diadem. Occidentalis x Idaeus. i. Ohio Hort. Soc. Rpt. 114. 1887-88. 



Originated with Charles Arnold, Paris, Ontario, sometime previous to 1875. Plants 

 lacking in vigor; fruit large, ovate, red; quality good; early. 



