CHAPTER XXI. 



RASPBERRIES VARIETIES OF THE FOREIGN AND NATIVE 



SPECIES. 



'T^HIS chapter will treat first of the imported kinds, which 

 usually are more or less tender, and then, by way of 

 contrast, of the hardy varieties of our native R, Strigosus. 



I shall speak of those only that are now in general culti- 

 vation, naming a few, also, whose popularity in the past has 

 been so great as to entitle them to mention. 



As was true of strawberries, so also varieties of raspber- 

 ries that won name and fame abroad were imported, and 

 a few of them have adapted themselves so well to American 

 soil and climate as to have become standards of excellence. 

 Among the best-known of these formerly was the Red Ant- 

 werp of England. Few old-fashioned gardens were with- 

 out it at one time, but it is fast giving way to newer and 

 more popular varieties. The canes are vigorous, stocky, and 

 tall ; spines light-red, numerous, and rather strong. Winter 

 protection is always needed. The berries are large and very 

 obtuse, conical, dark-red, large-grained, and covered with a 

 thick bloom, very juicy, and exceedingly soft, — too much so 

 for market purposes. They made a dainty dish for home 

 use, however, and our grandmothers, when maidens, gath- 

 ered them in the lengthening summer shadows. 



The Hudson River Antwerp, the most celebrated foreign 

 berry in America, is quite distinct from the above, although 



