THE ORIGIN OF AMERICAN RASPBERRY - 

 GROWING 



THE raspberry has long been one of the important 

 bush -fruits of Europe. The wild plant is native to 

 Europe, and it was named Rubus Idceus by Linnaeus, 

 from Mt. Ida, in Greece, where it seems to have been 

 early esteemed. This raspberry has been cultivated 

 from the fourth century of our era, and perhaps even 

 earlier, although its cultivation had not attracted much 

 attention until two or three centuries ago. About 

 twenty named varieties were known in England early 

 in this century. 



This excellent European fruit was early introduced 

 into American gardens. M'Mahon recommends it 

 in his admirable "American Gardener's Calendar," in 

 1806. "There are many varieties of the Rubus Idceus, 

 or European raspberry," he writes, "but the most pref- 

 erable are the large common red, the large common 

 white, the red Antwerp, and the white Antwerp rasp- 

 berries." The first edition of Prince's "Pomological 

 Manual," 1831, describes a dozen varieties, the greater 

 number of which are of foreign origin. It was soon 

 found, however, that this European type of raspberry 

 is unreliable in North America. This is chiefly because 

 of lack of hardiness, both in withstanding the cold of 

 winter and the drought and heat of summer. Conse- 

 quently, the raspberry failed to attract much attention 

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