228 SLTCESS WITH SMALL FRUITS. 



ihey were in the way of the cedars they were hoed out. If 

 any of them bore berries, the fowls doubtless destroyed them, 

 or tlie children ate them before they ripened, until the cedars 

 got so high as to give them protection. Then the children 

 found the ripe fruit, and reported it to me. I have not the least 

 doubt but this raspberry came from a seed of the plants obtained 

 from the East as the Red Antwerp. The original canes may 

 have been false to name, or a mixture of the true and false. 

 Whatever they were, they bore good, red berries, which I sup- 

 posed to be Antwerps ; but the canes were so tender as to be 

 worthless. It is wholly impossible that the new variety should 

 have come from any other seed than that sown by me where the 

 vitae hedge now stands." 



This letter is very interesting in showing how curiously 

 some of our best varieties originate. Moreover, it suggests 

 a dilemma. How is it possible that an Antwerp — one of 

 the most tender varieties — could have been the parent of 

 the hardiest known raspberry? How could a sort having 

 every characteristic of our native R. Strigosus spring direct 

 from R. Idcciis ? 



I have been familiar with the Antwerps all my life, and 

 can see no trace of them in this hardy berry. Mr. A. S. 

 Fuller writes to me, "The Turner is a true native — R. 

 Strigosus ; " and Mr. Charles Downing holds the same opin- 

 ion. Hence I am led to believe that there was a native 

 variety among the plants the professor obtained from the 

 East, or that a seed of a native was dropped among the 

 cedars by a bird, or brought thither in the roots of the ce- 

 dars. Be this as it may, Professor Turner's good motives 

 have been rewarded and he has given the public an excellent 

 raspberry. 



In connection with this subject, Mr. Fuller added the 

 following fact, which opens to the amateur a very interest- 

 ing field for experiment : " If there is any doubt in regard 



