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ginning ; while the celebrated variety itself, which eventually 

 covered so many hundreds of acres on the west bank of the 

 Hudson, may be traced back through two lines of ancestry. 

 An English gardener, who probably obtained the plants from 

 Mr. Briggs, gave some of them to a Mr. Samuel Barnes, who 

 resided in Westchester County. From him, Mr. Thos. H. 

 Burling, of New Rochelle, N. Y., secured an abundant sup- 

 ply for his home garden. Here its value was observed by 

 Mr. Nathaniel Hallock, who transferred some of the canes 

 to his place at Milton, N. Y. From his garden they spread 

 over many fields besides his own. 



In respect to the other line of ancestry of this historical 

 berry, I am indebted for the following facts to Mr. W. C. 

 Young, of Marlboro', N. Y. : Many years ago a bundle of 

 raspberry plants was left at a meat- market in Poughkeepsie, 

 and Mr. Watters, the proprietor of the place, kept them sev- 

 eral days, expecting that they would be called for. As they 

 remained upon his hands, he planted them in his garden, 

 where, like genuine worth, they soon asserted their superi- 

 ority. Mr. Edward Young, of Marlboro', a relative of Mr. 

 Watters, received a present of a few roots, which supplied 

 his family with the largest and most beautiful berries he had 

 ever seen. Good propagates itself as well as evil if given a 

 chance, and Mr. Young soon had far more fruit than was 

 needed by his family, and he resolved to try the fortunes of 

 his favorite in New York market. *' For this purpose," his 

 son writes, " my father procured imported fancy willow bas- 

 kets, holding about one pint each, and carefully packed these 

 in crates made for the purpose. This mode proved a suc- 

 cess, both in carrying them securely and in making them 

 very attractive. The putting up such a fine variety of fruit 

 in this way gave it notoriety at once, and it brought at first 

 as much as one dollar per quart. My father was so well 



