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berries continuing to grow to the largest 

 size, the quality intensely raspberry 

 flavor, having considerable acidity, yet 

 tempered with sugar enough to make it 

 sprightly rather than sour. The writer 

 has fruited this variety for two years 

 and is much pleased with it for cooking 

 purposes, pi-eferring it for that use to 

 any of the red varieties. It is the 

 most vigorous gi'ower of any sort that 

 he has yet seen, yields well, and has 

 never suffered from the winters in his 

 grounds. The berries are by far the 

 largest of any of the cap varieties, and 

 would sell in market at sight were they 

 of some brighter color than the dark 

 maroon which makes them so unattrac- 

 tive in appearance. When our canning 

 establishments shall have learned the 

 excellence of the flavor of these berries 

 when properly put up, there will be a 

 great demand for this fruit. In the report 

 of the American Pomological Society 

 for 1883, at page 52, will be found the 

 opinions of several who have fruited 

 this variety. Dr. S. Hape, of Georgia, 

 says it is " superior for canning, very 

 productive ;" J. H. Hale, " fruit of 

 lavgest size, valuable for canning ;" 

 Parker Earle, of Illinois, one of the 

 most extensive berry growers of the 

 United States, says the fruit is of 

 excellent quality for the table for those 

 who prefer an acid raspberry, being 

 taken at his own table in preference to 

 the Turner, which he esteems the rich- 

 est and sweetest of all raspberries, and 

 that for canning it has very great merit. 

 J. T. Lovett said, " it is the strongest 

 growing and the most prolific of any 

 raspberry that I have yet grown. The 



fruit is of colossal size, and althoiigh 

 rather tart to suit most tastes, yet it is 

 sprightly and to my liking. I have 

 found it the best of all berries for 

 canning." Chas. W. Garfield, Michi- 

 gan, reports that it is universally popu- 

 lar, that it went through last winter, 

 1882-83, under very trying circum- 

 stances and came out in good condition, 

 and that in his own case it has borne 

 one-third more fruit than any other 

 variety of raspberry grown in his 

 vicinity (Grand Rapids), and everybody 

 wants it for canning purposes. G. B. 

 Brackett, of Iowa, reports it as being 

 very hardy, productive, and surpassing 

 all other varieties in size. 



THE SOUHEGAN 



is dismissed by the Rural New Yorker 

 with the remark that it ripened scarcely 

 earlier than the Doolittle, and was 

 crowded with small berries of poor 

 quality. This is scarcely what your 

 Editor would say of this black rasp- 

 berry. It is crowded with berries 

 truly, which are not as large as those 

 of the Gregg or Mammoth Cluster, but 

 fully as large as Davidson's Thornless 

 and ripening at same time with it, and 

 of as good a flavor. The Doolittle be- 

 gan to ripen before the crop of the 

 Souhegan was gathei'ed, so that the last 

 picking of Souhegan and the first pick- 

 ing of Doolittle came in together. The 

 Hopkins and Tyler are much like the 

 Souhegan, and ripen at about the same 

 time. Where it is important to get an 

 early ripening black raspberry these 

 varieties will be considered valuable, but 

 which of the three is the best the writer's 



