SMALL FRUIT CULTURIST. 



PURPLE CANE GROUP. 



Caroline. A very handsome variety, apparently a 

 hybrid between the purple cane and some yellow variety 

 of the Rulus Occidentalis. Fruit pale salmon or buff 

 color, medium size, sweet and good, but too soft for 

 transporting to market, and in this respect very much 

 like the old Purple Cane. 



Reliance. Seedling of the Philadelphia, and by some 

 persons considered an improvement upon its parent. The 

 color is too dull and dark for market, and there are many 

 other varieties preferable for home use. 



Shaffer's Colossal. Probably the largest Easpberry in 

 cultivation of American origin, and only excelled in size 

 by some of the Japanese species. Berries of a dull purple 

 color, of fair quality. Plants vigorous and productive. 

 Kecommended only for preserving, and for this purpose 

 it has no superior. 



NATIVE RED AND YELLOW VARIETIES. 



Golden Queen. This is without doubt a "sport" or 

 bud variation of the Cuthbert, and not a seedling. My 

 reason for thinking so, is, that I have obtained a similar 

 or the same variety as the Golden Queen, from a sprout 

 on an old plant of the Cuthbert. Fruit very large, con- 

 ical, pale amber or yellow, and in quality not excelled by 

 any native or foreign variety. Canes very strong and 

 vigorous ; foliage pale green or yellowish green, as usual 

 in the light colored varieties. Hardy and exceedingly 

 productive. It is the best hardy yellow variety of Easp- 

 berry in cultivation. 



Hansell* Very large, nearly round; light bright 

 crimson ; firm, but not hard ; juicy and good, one of the 

 earliest of the very large varieties, and a splendid berry 

 for market or home use. The canes are very hardy, but 



