THE RASPBERRY 243 



red, but were rather too soft except for 

 home use. 



Another of my crossbred raspberries, orig- 

 inated at the same time with the Eureka, was 

 called the Dictator. This also is a mammoth 

 bright red berry. It combines the flavors of the 

 Gregg and Shaffer's Colossal from which it orig- 

 inated. The combination is one of the happiest, 

 as the acidity of one is modified by the sweetness 

 and aroma of the other. The berries were more 

 than three times as large as those of the Gregg, 

 and almost twice as large as those of Shaffer's 

 Colossal, which until the production of these new 

 hybrids bore the largest raspberries known. 



Another cross of the Gregg, this time with the 

 Souhegan, produced a seedling that had astonish- 

 ing crops of fine, medium-sized, red berries that 

 ripened during October. The Souhegan was also 

 crossed with the Shaffer, and this union pro- 

 duced in the second generation a new variety 

 that was known as the Sugar. 



From the seeds of other members of this same 

 generation two or three other promising berries 

 were produced. One of these bore large, firm 

 berries, conical-shaped, and a dark, rich purple 

 color; some of these proved too tender for the 

 colder States; some were renamed and others 

 now supersede. 



