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Mr. N. Ohmer, who has been most prominent in intro- 

 ducing the Gregg, gives the following account of his first 

 acquaintance with it : " At a meeting of the Indiana State 

 Horticultural Society, held at Indianapolis, a gentleman 

 asked for the privilege of making some remarks about a new 

 black raspberry that he was cultivating. Being pretty long- 

 winded, as most lawyers are, he spoke so long, and said so 

 much in favor of his berry, that no one believed him, and 

 were glad when he got through. The summer following, I 

 chanced to call on the Secretary of the Indiana State Board 

 of Agriculture, in the Capitol building, and was surprised to 

 see on his table about half a peck of berries and an armful 

 of canes loaded with the largest, handsomest, and best black 

 raspberries I had ever seen. Mr. Herron, the Secretary, in- 

 formed me that they were grown by Messrs. R. & P. Gregg. 

 I obtained two hundred plants, a few of which bore fruit so 

 fine, the following season, that all who saw it wanted plants." 

 It was learned that Mr. Gregg was the lawyer who was 

 thought " long-winded," and many who then yawned have 

 since thought, no doubt, that they might have listened with 

 much profit, for the demand for the plants has become 

 greater than the supply. Only time can show whether the 

 Gregg is to supersede the Mammoth Cluster. I observe 

 that veteran fruit growers are very conservative, and by no 

 means hasty to give a new-comer the place that a fine old 

 variety has won by years of excellence in nearly all diversi- 

 ties of soil and climate. The Gregg certainly promises re- 

 markably well, and Mr. Thomas Meehan, editor of the 

 *' Gardener's Monthly," who is well known to be exceed- 

 ingly careful and conscientious in indorsing new fruits, 

 writes : " We believe this variety is generally larger than any 

 other of its kind yet known." 



There are many other candidates for f.ivor, but thus far 



