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by suckers; canes rather few, making the increase of stock slow, stocky, greenish changing 

 to reddish brown, heavily glaucous, with eglandular tips; prickles practically none or only 

 toward the base of the suckers; leaflets usually 5, roundish ovate, the lobes often broadly 

 and shallowly cut, dark green, rugose, with faintly dentate margins; petiole of medium 

 length, thick, glabrous, glaucous. Flowers early; pedicels eglandular, glabrous; calyx 

 smooth. Fruit very early, season long, ships well; large to very large, holds size unusually 

 well until the close of the season, roundish to ovate-round, bright, handsome, medium to 

 dark red, adheres well to the torus which is rough and whitish; drupelets large, coherent; 

 cavity-scars inconspicuous; flesh juicy, firm but tender, mildly subacid; quality fair to 

 good although not of the highest. 



Kathrine. i. Townsend Cat. 34. 1925. 



A seedling of Ranere originated by E. W. Townsend in 1922 and introduced by his 

 company, Salisbury, Maryland, in 1925. Described as very similar to Ranere but more 

 productive. 



Keighley Queen. 1. Jour. Hort. 25:1:^5. 1892. 



A sample of this variety was sent to the editor of the Journal of Horticulture in August, 

 1892, for his opinion as to its value. It was reported as "very good." 



Kenyon. Strigosus .x Occidentalis. i. Mich. Sta. Bui. 111:36. 1894. 2. A'. Y. Sta. 

 Bui. 278:117. 1906. 

 Kenyon was introduced by T. A. Kenyon, McGregor, Iowa, who found it growing in 

 a row of black raspberries in 1885. It is supposed to be a seedling of Shaffer, but it does 

 not propagate from the tips. Kenyon is considered of value in Iowa because of hardiness 

 and productivity, but is inferior to other sorts as grown here. Plants vigorous, hardy, 

 productive; fruit above medium in size, dark red, moderately firm, crumbly, separating 



from the torus with difficulty; fair in flavor and quality. 



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Kevitt Hybrid, i. Am. Pom. Sac. Rpt. 285. 192 1. 



Introduced by William H. Himt Company of New York City in 1921. Said to be a 

 very strong grower, hardy and nearly free from seeds. 



Keystone, i. Rural N. Y. 15:335. 1864. 



A seedling of Hornet (I) raised by A. L. Felton of Philadelphia, about 1864. Plants 

 not hardy; fruit large, bright red; flesh tender, highly flavored. 



King. I. U. S. D. A. Pom. Rpt. 265. 1892. 2. Hedrick Cyc. Hardy Fr. 278. 1922. 



Thompson King. 3. Mich. Sta. Bui. 111:314. 1894. 



Early King. 4. Ohio Sta. Bid. 63:109. 1895. 



This midsummer sort, although hardy, is not as satisfactory in New York and the 

 North as several other standard sorts, but in West Virginia and westward through the 

 Central West it is cotmted as one of the best early red raspberries. In Minnesota it is 

 especially valued. Wherever grown, it thrives best on clay soils. In New York the fruits 

 are coarser and more crumbly than other standard sorts. It is fairly free from mosaic, 

 but is by no means immune. King was grown from seed, possibly of Thompson, by T. 

 Thomspon, Richmond, Virginia. The variety was introduced by the Cleveland Nursery 



