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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



inch pot. Ordinary potting soil should 

 be used, and pressed firmly around the 

 crowns, which should stand slightly 

 above the surface. The pots have to 

 be kept out-doors for a month or more, 

 plunged in sand, and sufficiently pro- 

 tected to prevent their breaking by 

 frost, although the plants themselves 

 are rather benefited by being exposed 

 to freezing weather, provided their 

 crowns are covered with moss. About 

 a month before they are expected to 

 bloom they should be brought to a 

 warm room, and gradually watered 

 more copiously, as they grow. — Ameri- 

 can Garden. 



THE MARLBORO' RASPBERRY. 



This new raspberry is now causing so 

 much excitment among fruit growers in 

 the Southern Ulster fruit section, by 

 reason of its unusual promise, that I 

 have been led to make a careful exami- 

 nation as to its origin, habits, and meri- 

 torious claims to public favor. 



Late last week 1 attended a raspberry 

 exhibition in the little village of High- 

 land, on the Hudson, which is now one 

 of the great small fruit centres of the 

 Hudson River Yalley. I there found a 

 fair show of the leading varieties of this 

 fruit which has netted so many thou- 

 sands of dollars to Ulster County fruit- 

 growers in years past. Here was the 

 new "Marlboro'," not only a full supply 

 of the fruit, but also the large canes of 

 a growing hill in full fruitage, which had 

 been cut from the ground and transport- 

 ed eight miles to the fair. The fruit 

 was certainly the finest I ever saw — 

 fine flavored, very large, firm, bright 

 scarlet in color, and beautiful. The 

 immense canes were loaded to the very 

 tips. Three of the berries weighed half 

 an ounce in the scales of an apothecary 

 below the hall. Mr. A. J. Cay wood, 

 the originator, who exhibited the fruit 

 was, of course, very enthusiastic in its 

 praise, and freely invited parties to 



visit him at Marlboro', and see the rasp- 

 berry growing. Such an invitation I 

 accepted, preferring to satisfy myself in 

 that way. 



Origin of the Marlboro'. — Mr. 



Caywood says he has been experiment- 

 ing with the view of improving the red 

 raspberry for over 20 years. He has 

 labored to produce first of all an entirely 

 hardy vaiiety : then large size, fine 

 appearence, and earliness of ripening. 

 During these years he has obtained six 

 generations of the raspberry. His first 

 cross was that of the Hudson River 

 Antwerp on the old English Globe 

 variety. He confined his efforts to the 

 stock so obtained with the exception of 

 admitting in the line, on one cross, the 

 Button Raspberry. From his sixth 

 and last cross, which was the Highland 

 Hardy, the Marlboro' was produced. 



Points Claimed for it. — First he 

 claims perfect hardiness. The canes 

 have never been protected in his ground, 

 and he says not a bud has ever been 

 injured, but the fruit is produced at the 

 very tip. It is also the earliest and 

 latest red raspberry they have, he says, 

 commencing early and continuing long 

 in fruit; it ripened last year on June 

 15th, and was in fruit for two months. 

 This year by reason of the backward- 

 ness of the season, it ripened June 20th. 

 The valuable feature of holding the 

 fruit two or three days after ripening, 

 is also claimed. Unusual vigor of canes, 

 great productiveness, large size and 

 superior market qualities are other 

 important features set forth by the 

 originator. 



What I saw of the Marlboro\ — 

 It was growing in the hills in what 

 seemed to be good clay loam. The 

 canes were immense, measuring from 

 seven to eleven feet in height. Each 

 hill was a perfect pyramid of luxuriant 

 dark green foliage, heavily laden with 

 fruit in all stages of growth, from the 



