HAN8ELL RASPBERBV 

 THE LEADING NOVELTY OF THE SEASON. ^ 



The earliest 

 and most val- 

 uable of ALL 

 Raspberries. 



The great 

 Raspberry for 

 the SOUTH as 

 vrell as the 

 NORTH ; for it 

 endures heat, 

 drought and 

 cold even bet- 

 ter than Cuth- 

 bert or Turner. 



The Earliest Ripening. 

 The Best Shipper. 

 The Brightest Crimson 

 The Hardiest. 

 One of the Largest. 

 One of the Most Pro- 

 ductive. 



An improvement upon CUTHBERT or QUEEN 

 OF THE MARKET, possessing all the merits of that 

 Royal Red Raspberry, with added firmness and 

 brightness of color; hence, with its extreme earli- 

 ness, it is the most profitable for market and the most 

 desirable for the home garden of all Raspberries. 



THE Mural New Yorker says: "Experimental 

 Grounds, June 21th.— The first ripe Raspberry the 

 Hansell. The Hansel! surprises us as to size of berries. 

 The berries which have ripened at the Rural Grounds are 

 fully as large as the Cuthbert." 



MR. WM. PARRY says: "Coming in earlier than any 

 Raspberry— black, white, red, purple, or any color— it 

 stands single and alone, and above all competition. At the 

 present time I think there is no other Raspberry that can 

 compete with it in all the qualities that are desirable for a 

 Raspberry for the market.^' 



MR. J. H. HALE, of G. H. &. J. H. Hale, says : " During 

 the last two months it has been very dry and to-day the 

 Hansell is by all odds the best and most healthy looking of 

 any Raspberry on our place. Its foliage seems able to with- 

 stand any amount of drought and heat. We now have great 

 faith in it, especially after seeing some splendid fruit that 

 has just npened on "some of the new growth." 



MR. MORTIMER WHITEHEAD, writing from the Ex- 

 perimental Farm American Grange BuUelin, says: 

 " This last spring I planted out several of the newer varie- 

 ties of Raspberries, an<l I must say that in growth, beauty 

 of the fruit, earliness, Ac, I was better pleased with the 

 Hansell than with any of the others." 



MR. H. A. CHASE, of R. G. Chase & Co., says : "The 

 HanseU has come to stay, and in my opinion will hold 

 the first place as a profitable red Raspberry. It leads them 

 all. Its large size is peculiarly gratifying." 



MR. D. E. HOXIE, in New England JT(»nestead, saya : 

 " The earliest red berry of promise is the Hansell, of 

 bright red color, large size and very early, ripening June 

 26th in this locality. Its color is a good bright red, and it is 

 of the largest size." 



THE COMMISSION MERCHANT, who sold the fruit, 

 says : "I have handled the Hansell ever since it origin- 

 ated, the past two seasons in lai^e quantities. Have 

 shipped them as far as Worcester, >iass., by rail, a distance 

 of 300 miles. It always arrived in prime condition, and 

 brought the highest market price. The past season the first 

 shipment brought 20 cents per pint, wholesale, and during 

 the whole season it ran from 2 to 4 cents higher than any 

 other Raspberry I shipped. It is at least ten days ahead of 

 any other berry that 1 ship ; it has the advantage also of 

 rii)ening in large quantities at once, thereby enabling the 

 grower to get the bulk of his crop off before the market 



fets glutted. So far as my knowledge extends it is the best 

 errv for grower and shipper. I have been handling Rasp- 

 berries for the past ten years or more, in large quantities.' » 



At the recent meeting of the AMERICAN P0M0I.06ICAI:. SOCIETY the Hansell was highly commended 

 by all who spoke of it ; and endorsed as the Earliest Red Raspberry before the public. 



Those about to issue Catalogues should not omit the Hansell. I shall continue to advertise it largely, and from its 

 intrinsic merit it is in great demand. Liberal terms "will be given the Trade, and an electrotype of any one of five en- 

 gravings of the berry furnished FREE. I will also supply handsome colored plates of it and four-page circulars, giving 

 history, description in full and testimonials, at cost. (Samples gratis.) 



Those selling through agents will find the Hansell, from its quick sale, a good thing to handle. I will supply plants 

 so strong and fine as to give the utmost satisfaction in delivering, and on terms which afford a handsome mar^n. 1 offer 

 every inducement ever offered by the introducer of a new fruit. Write for terms and samples of Plates and Circulars. 



J. T. liOVETT, Little Silver, New Jersey, 



INTRODUCER CUTHBERT RASPBERRY AND MANCHESTER STRAWBERRY. 



