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Thompson's Early ProUjic. As hardy and early as the Hausell, 

 it is of larger size, as good in quality and nearly as productive, and 

 we consider it superior to the latter variety'. 



Thompson's Pride. Like the last, this variety is perfectly hardy, 

 vigorous, and productive. In size and quality it is better than the 

 above and perhaps the more promising of the two, for either home 

 use or market. 



Japanese Wineberry. This variety should be mentioned for its 

 want of merit, rather than for any value whatever that we have been 

 able to discover in it. It produces but little fruit and that of very 

 poor quality, judged by the standard of our red raspberry. As a 

 curiosity or from a prospective value of its use in crossing with our 

 red or black-cap varieties it is of some interest, but it never should 

 have been sent out as a fruit for either home use or market. 



