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by him with the Scarlet Rockingham and Red Ant- 

 werp. The fruit and plant resemble much the 

 .Red Antwerp, but is said to be a better bearer ; and 

 has racemes or bunches of fruit like grapes, whence 

 its name, Grape Raspberry. The testimony of the 

 fine specimens of this fruit, shown at different times 

 at the Massachusetts Horticultural Rooms, is a suf- 

 ficient guarantee to recommend this variety as one 

 of the best among the Raspberry. 



4. Franc onia. 



One of the best red raspberries in cultivation, and 

 like the Red Antwerp, embraces the good qualities 

 of a dessert fruit, and preserves admirably, fit is 

 enough to say that it was at first introduced, and 

 generally grown by Samuel G. Perkins, Esq., 

 Brookline, near Boston, who possesses one of the 

 most choice collections of fruit in the Union. 



DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF CURRANTS. 



Of all the useful fruits cultivated, the currant bears 

 the least consideration in the choice of the different 

 varieties ; this I cannot account for, in any cither 

 way than the easy and simple manner in which the 

 currant can be increased and grown, has induced 

 those desirous to cultivate it, to select from their 

 neighbors without any regard to the different 

 kinds and qualities, which are so totally different as 

 to allow more than half difference in produce, be- 

 sides much in quality. 



Of all the different varieties of currants, there is 

 but one kind of the different colors of red, white, 



