RED RASPBERRY FLOWERS 
At the left in the upper row is shown a bud starting to open. 
In breeding, emasculation 
should be done just before this stage as the tips of the pistils show through sepals and 
might receive pollen from other flowers. 
opened and the ends of the pistils may be seen in the center. 
petals are opening but no anthers have opened. 
dropped and the anthers are shedding pollen. 
before the anthers open, cross-pollination is very common in the raspberries. 
raspberry in question was discovered 
by my father about eleven years ago 
(1865) in the garden of our county 
seat at Riverdale-On-the-Hudson. It is 
probably a seedling of the Hudson 
River Antwerp, as it was found grow- 
ing near the edge of a patch of that 
variety, but its great vigor ot growth 
and the size and quality of the fruit 
marked it at once as a new and dis- 
At the left in the lower row the calyx has 
Below at the right the 
Above at the right the petals have 
Because the stigmas are receptive long 
(Fig. 18.) 
tinct kind.” Roe further states that 
though the Hudson River Antwerp is 
distinct from the Antwerp of England, 
“Mr. Downing says that its origin is 
known and that it was brought to this 
country by the late Mr. Briggs of 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.” It is therefore 
an European variety. 
Thus it seems likely that the Cuth- 
bert is a hybrid between Jt. idaeus and 
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