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THE CA.NADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Cuthbert is newer, and is becoming 

 one of the most popular of all varieties. 

 It is regarded by prominent cultivators 

 as the most valuable raspberry culti- 

 vated. The fruit is large, roundish- 

 conical, red, firm, and of fair quality. 

 It is generally supposed to be identical 

 with Queen of the Market, or scarcely 

 differs from it. 



Turner, raised by Prof. Turner, of 

 Illinois, is very hardy, the fruit me- 

 dium or large, of fine quality, but too 

 soft for long conveyance to market, 

 and it appears to be remarkably adapt- 

 ed to many localities. It ripens early. 

 E. P. Roe says he does not know a 

 single good raspberry that is perfectly 

 hardy except the Turner, which is, 

 however, not equal in quality to the 

 Cuthbert. 



B|-andy wine has been a very popular 

 market sort in Central and Southern 

 New Jersey, and in Delaware and 

 Maryland. Although the quality is 

 poor and the size is not large, its bright 

 color and firm flesh and bushy growth 

 have been much in its favor, but its 

 popularity is waning. It suckers en- 

 ormously, and needs prompt anvl early 

 thinning. 



Thwack is like Brandywine, but 

 larger, and is also poor in quality : its 

 value is for market, for which purpose 

 some western cultivators prefer it to 

 all others. It suckers badly. Ellwan- 

 ger & Barry describe its quality briefly 

 in the words, " large, red, insipid." 



Reliance is a seedling of the Phila- 

 delphia, and much better — hardy, vigor- 

 ous and productive, quite large, firm, 

 not high in flavor. 



Montclair — raised by E. Williams of 

 Montclair, N. J. — a strong grower, 

 hardy, productive, berries red, firm, of 

 fair quality. It suckers quite moder- 

 ately, which is much in its favor. 



Highland Hardy, valuable only for 

 its extreme earliness ; although small it 



has a handsome appearance, and it is 

 quite productive. It is rather poor in 

 quality. Roe says "it has had its 

 day," but it will still be cultivated 

 moderately. 



Pride of the Hudson, when in per- 

 fection, is large and very fine, but this 

 so rarely occurs that it will be gener- 

 ally discarded. 



Caroline appears to be between the 

 suckering and tip-rooting sorts, sucker- 

 ing freely and rooting sparingly at the 

 tips of the shoots. The fruit is orange 

 yellow, resembling Brinckle's Orange, 

 but not equal to it in quality. It is 

 hardy and productive, and is much 

 valued by some cultivators. 



Marlboro is a new sort, raised by A. 

 J. Caywood of Ulster County. It ap- 

 pears to be quite large, is bright, and 

 of good quality. The canes are strong 

 growers. It has been proved in only 

 one locality, and needs further testing. 



Lost Rubies is a temporary name for 

 a large, fine and productive sort culti- 

 vated by Charles A. Greene of Monroe 

 County, N. Y., the origin of which and 

 its identity with any other sort he has 

 not been able to ascertain. It is hand- 

 some in appearance, firm in texture, 

 and excellent in quality. It does not 

 resemble Cuthbert, and, although about 

 the size of Franconia, is unlike it in 

 character. 



Among the newer Black Caps are 

 the following : 



Gregg (from Indiana), one of the 

 largest of its class, the berries roundish 

 oblate, black, with a slight bloom, firm, 

 of good but not of the highest quality. 

 A strong grower and very productive. 

 Although not new, it is newly intro- 

 duced in some places. 



New Rochelle, a seedling of the Ca- 

 tawissa, very productive ; the berries 

 medium or large, dark dull red, firm, 

 acid — excellent for canning. It is in- 

 termediate between the suckering and 



