PRO PA GA TION. 20$ 



Horticultural Society awarded it their first premium, and 

 Mr. Charles Downing said it was the finest red raspberry he 

 had ever seen. The veteran horticulturist, Mr. Wm. Parry, 

 who has had between forty and fifty years of experience in 

 small fruits, visited my place that summer. The bushes he 

 saw had never received any protection, and had already 

 been three weeks in bearing, but they v/ere still full of fruit. 

 After picking several berries that measured plump three 

 inches in circumference, he said, quietly, "Put me down 

 for 500 plants." In no other way could he have stated his 

 favorable opinion more emphatically. It was as delicious 

 as it was large and beautiful, and surely I was reasonable in 

 expecting for it a brilliant future. In my faith I planted it 

 largely myself, expecting to make it my main dependence 

 as a market berry. But in August of that year many of 

 the canes lost their foliage. Those that thus suffered were 

 not entirely hardy the following winter. It was eventually 

 made clear that it belonged to the tender ^//<^//i- Mceus class, 

 and, therefore, was not adapted to general cultivation, espe- 

 cially on light soils, and under sunny skies. As I have 

 shown, its start was so full of vigor and promise that it won 

 the favor and confidence of the horticultural veterans ; but 

 it suddenly manifested lack of stamina and sturdy persist- 

 ence in well-doing. And this is just the trouble which every 

 experienced propagator dreads. Only after years of test 

 and trial in many localities can he be assured that his seed- 

 ling may become a standard variety. 



If this chance seedling, the Pride of the Hudson, is given 

 a moist soil in some half-shady location, it will yield fruit 

 that will delight the amateur's heart, but, like Brinkle's 

 Orange, which it resembles in flavor, only amateurs will 

 give it the petting it requires. 



As suggested when treating the strawberry, so in seeking 



