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Redfield. i. Meehans' Moii. 4:140. 1894. 2. N. Y. Sta. Bui. 278: 12 $■ 1906. 



A chance seedling sent out by J. Wragg & Sons, Waukee, Iowa, in 1894. As grown 

 here it is inferior to Shaffer and Columbian. Plants vigorous, hardy, moderately 

 productive; fruit small, dull, unattractive purple, moderately firm; fair in flavor and 

 quality. 



Reeder. i. Card. Mon. 24:116. 1882. 2. N. Y. Sta. Bui. 63:685. 1893. 



A chance seedling found in a field of other sorts by a Mr. Reeder, Stevensville, Michi- 

 gan, about 1875. It never became of much importance as the berries crumbled badly for 

 a market variety. Plants vigorous, with few slender prickles; fruit of medium size, 

 roundish, bright red, firm, juicy, crumbly; very good; late midseason, ripening over a 

 long period. 



Reliance. Strigosus x Occidentalis. i. Cult. & Count Gent. 40:470. 1876. 2. A^. Y. 

 Sta. Bui. 278:685. 1893. 

 Reliance is a descendant of Philadelphia, several generations removed. It was grown 

 from seed by O. L. Felton, Merchantville, New Jersey, who exhibited it as a new variety 

 at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876. For a while it was popular but 

 as it was not enough of an advance over the Philadelphia to compete with other sorts, it 

 soon went out. Beach described the plants as of Strigosus type, but it is listed among the 

 purple raspberries by the American Pomological Society. The Society placed Reliance 

 in its fruit list in 1881 and it still remained in the last catalog in 1909. Plants vigorous, 

 hardy, moderately productive; fruit below medium in size, dark red, soft, juicy, sweet; 

 very good; midseason. 



Rex. I. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 285. 192 1. 



Mentioned in the Fruit Belt for February, 1920, as an everbearing red, fruiting from 

 June till October. Fruit large, firm, sweet and of delightful flavor. 



Ridgeway. i. Iftd. Sta. Rpt. 87. 1898. 2. Mkh. Sta. Bui. 206:58. 1903. 



Received at the Michigan Station about 1901 from M. H. Ridgeway, Wabash, 

 Indiana. Plants vigorous, hardy, unproductive; fruit small, of good flavor and texture; 

 midseason. 



Riehl Perpetual, i. III. Hart. Soc. Rpt. 202. 1911. 



Plants described by E. H. Riehl, Alton, lUinois, as healthy, vigorous, fruiting entirely 

 from new growth, bearing from May until frost, not hardy; fruit large, bright red. 



Riley Early, i. Cult. & Count. Gent. 32:210. 1868. 



Reported as having been known in Burlington County, New Jersey, for several years. 

 Plants described as vigorous and hardy with bright red, firm fruit; early. 



Rivers Orange, i. Downing Ft: Trees Am. 972. 1869. 



Rivers Yellow. 2. Mich. Sta. Bui. 111:55. 1894. 



Originated with Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England, and first mentioned in 

 this coimtry by Downing in 1869. The variety resembles Yellow Antwerp. Plants strong, 

 branching, not hardy; prickles not numerous, stout, greenish; fruit medium to large, 

 roundish conic, reddish orange, drupelets large, soft, juicy, subacid but not rich. 



