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in market. Also strongly recommended as the best late raspberry 

 for the market and for the table by E. H. Bissell, J. H. Hale, H, 

 M. Engle, J. S. Collins and W. C. Strong. 



Herstine. W. C. Strong. Excellent for family use. 



Gregg. S. Johnson, of Indiana. There is but one voice in 

 Indiana in regard to the Gregg. As a black-cap it is about as near 

 perfection as is likely to be reached. 



W. C. Strong. The most desirable of the blackcaps, 



J. H. Hale. The largest black-cap we have, ripening too late 

 to command a high price in market; yet it is very valuable for fam- 

 ily use. 



J. T. Lovett. Requires a heavy soil and high culture; then large, 

 productive and very fine. 



Purple Cane. Thomas Meehan of Philadelphia. An old and 

 strong hardy sort. Should be retained to raise seedlings, if for no 

 other purpose. 



Eeliance. A great improvement over its parent the Philadelphia, 

 which it resembles in color. Next to Cuthbert. The most reli- 

 able sort we have for family use. 



Souhegan. J. H. Hale, of South Glastonberry, Connecticut. We 

 have tested the Souhegan now for four years, and find it to ripen 

 from four to six days earlier than the Doolittle. The plant is vig- 

 orous and very prolific, fruit jet black, rich and sweet; very profit- 

 able for market, and one of the best for family use. 



Robert Manning. Two stars for Massachusetts. 



J. T. Lovett, of Little Silver New Jersey, I consider it of great 

 excellence and value, ripening as it does very early. It is enor- 

 mously productive, free from bloom, and by long odds the best early 

 black raspberry we have. With this aud the Gregg for late we 

 have little use for any other black cap, either for table use or for 

 the market. 



Hansell. J. S. Collins, [t is a very good, new, early berry for 

 shipment. 



J. H. Hale. It stands the drouth and the heat well; a very 

 promising early sort. 



C A. Green. It is a moderate grower, rather firm, of good color 

 and fair size. 



Howard A, Chase, of Philadelphia. The Hansell is a chance 

 seedling that has been fruited by the originators, in Burlington 

 county, New Jersey, for six or seven years. They have tested it 

 beside the Brandywine, and it has proved to be hardier, more pro- 

 ductive, as good a shipper, of better quality, and from a week ta 



