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1877. It was introduced about 1888 and soon after brought to America by Ellwanger & 

 Barry, Rochester, New York. In 1909 the American Pomological Society placed Super- 

 lative in its list of recommended fruits. 



Plants dwarfish, lacking in vigor, upright, tender to cold, unproductive unless well 

 grown, propagated by suckers; canes numerous, slender, green changing slowly to reddish 

 brown, glabrous, heavily glaucous; prickles small, very short, weak, numerous, dull red; 

 leaflets 3-5, broad-oval, very thick, dark green or bluish green, usually strongly rugose and 

 much curled, w4th coarsely and irregularly dentate margins; petiole long, thick, prickly, 

 pubescent; pedicels thick, stout, medium in length, with few to many rather large prickles; 

 calyx usually without prickles, or rarely few. Fruit medium early; large to very large, 

 long-conic, dark red, too dull to be attractive, adheres strongly to the torus which is small 

 and roughish; drupelets large, round, cohering so that the berries do not crumble; flesh 

 juicy, soft, rich, sprightly, pleasantly aromatic; quality very good to best. 



Superlative Improved. 1. Wash. Sta. Bui. 87:2 i. 1909. 



Described as a new raspberry in western Washington, satisfactory wherever planted. 

 It is said to endure dry summers and cold winters better than most varieties because of its 

 deep-rooting habit. As grown at this Station it seems to be identical with Superlative. 



Surpasse Fastolff. i. Am. Hort. Ann. 103. 1870. 2. Soc. Nat. Hort. France Pom. 209, 

 PI. 1907. 3. N. Y. Sia. Btil. 278:122. 1906. 



New Fastolff. 4. Am. Hort. Ann. gi. 1871. 



Grown from seed of Fastolff, previous to 1870 by MM. Simon-Louis Freres of Metz, 

 France. It was introduced by the originators about 1870. In this country it did not pass 

 the trial stage. The following description is from plants imported from France by the 

 United States Department of Agriculture. Plants moderately vigorous, hardy, moder- 

 ately productive ; fruit large, light red, rather soft ; flavor and quaUty inferior. 



Surpasse Merveille. i. Rec. Hort. 45. 1866. 2. N. Y. Sta. Bui. 278:122. 1906. 



Grown from seed by MM. Simon-Louis Freres, Metz, France, and introduced by them 

 in 1864. As grown at this Station the plants are vigorous, hardy and productive. The 

 fruit is above medium in size, becoming smaller as the season advances, moderately firm 

 and good in flavor and quality. 



Surprise, i. Cult. & Count. Gent. 46:473. 1881. 2. Mich. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 268. 1885. 

 A chance seedling of Franconia, which originated in Montgomery County, New York, 

 previous to 1881. Plants vigorous, not very hardy, productive; fruit large, roundish, 

 slightly conic, dark red, with slight bloom, soft, crumbly, sprightly; fair; late. 



Surprise (of Breese). Occidentalis x Strigosus. i. Card Bush-Fr. 184. 1898. 



Introduced by H. G. Breese, Hoosick, New York. Described as having canes of the 

 blackcap type, with a tendency to autumn-fruiting. Fruit dark red, firm, with red rasp- 

 berry flavor. 



Surprise (of California), i. U. S. D. A. Farmers' Bui. 887:40. 1917. 



A chance seedling found in 1901 by D. W. Coolidge, Pasadena, California, in a field 

 of many sorts that had run wild for several years. It was introduced in 1908 by J. B. Wag- 



