FASTOLFF RASPBERRY. 



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THE FASTOLFF RASPBERRY. 



The FastolfT Raspberry, we are gratified 

 to be able to say, now that it has borne two 

 years in this country, is worthy of all the 

 praise that has been lavished upon it. It 

 is large, handsome, prolific, and of most ex- 

 cellent flavor. 



This new English variety was first 

 brought into notice in December, 1S42, by 

 the Messrs. Youell, of Great Yarmouth, 

 Norfolk, England. It is stated by them to 

 have been known and cultivated in the 

 neighborhood of Yarmouth, near an an- 

 cient pile called Fastolff Castle, for several 



years previously. It is evidently a large 

 and improved variety of the true Dutch 

 Red Antwerp, and it received its name from 

 the old castle near which it was at first well 

 known. 



The Fastolff Raspberry has been the prize 

 fruit at all the leading horticultural shows 

 in England since it has been introduced into 

 cultivation there. There is no doubt of its 

 bearing off the palm in the same manner 

 in the soil and climate of the United States. 

 It seems stronger and rather hardier than 

 the large Red Antwerp, which it most nearly 



