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I have cultivated this variety about ten years, and have 

 never as yet had a plant survive the winter unless protected. 

 It is of no particular value unless for the purpose of pro- 

 ducing a late crop, and to insure this the entire plant 

 must be cut down early in spring. This variety was found 

 in a graveyard, in the Village of Catawissa, Columbia 

 County, Pa. 



Ellisdale. Large, roundish-oval, grains medium to 

 large, quite regular in size ; color, light crimson or dark 

 scarlet; rather firm and of good flavor ; canes very strong, 

 light red, smooth, with a few straight spines near the 

 base, and an occasional hooked one on the upper portion. 

 The plant produces no suckers from its lateral roots, but 

 propagates from the tips of the canes, the same as the 

 Purple Cane. New, not thoroughly tested at the East, 

 but considered as a very valuable variety in the locality 

 where it originated. Found in 1856, by Mr. J. E. John- 

 son, growing on the Ellisdale farm, in Pottawatomie 

 County, Iowa. The stock was placed in the hands of 

 H. A. Terry, of Crescent City, Iowa, for propagation and 

 dissemination. 



Gardiner. A very large, coarse growing sort, with 

 large, dark, dull red, poor flavored fruit. I tested a few 

 plants when it was first sent out, some fifteen years ago, 

 and then dug them up. I am inclined to think that it 

 received no better treatment from other growers, as it ap- 

 pears to have dropped out of sight and cultivation. 



Ganarqua. This is another variety of the Gardiner 

 class, and having had a brief notoriety is passing out of 

 cultivation. The fruit is rather large, well flavored, and 

 attractive in appearance. This was claimed to be a hybrid 

 when first disseminated. 



Purple Cane. (American Red Cane.} Medium, or 

 small, roundish, dark dull red, with bloom; grains large, 

 soft, sweet, very good ; canes very strong ; growing eight 



