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to propagate and send out the variety. This gentleman 

 dying soon after, the stock came into the possession of Mr. 

 H. J. Corson, of Staten Island, N. Y., and by him and Mr. 

 I. J. Simonson, a florist, the plants have been sent out to 

 different parts 01 the country. This dissemination was very 

 limited, and was characterized by an almost utter absence 

 of heralding and extravagant praise. The berry has literally 

 made its way on its own merits. Dr. Hexamer remarked 

 to me that he had had it for years, and had wondered why 

 its merits were so overlooked. My attention was called to 

 it in the summer of 1878, and I took pains to see it in sev- 

 eral localities. The large size of the berries, their firmness 

 and fine flavor, convinced me that it was very valuable, and 

 the fact that I found it flourishing luxuriantly on New Jersey 

 sand, and maintaining a perfectly healthful foliage under an 

 August sun, led me to believe that we had at last found a 

 first-class variety that would thrive on light soils and under 

 hot suns. 



The late W. C. Bryant, the poet, himself well versed in 

 horticulture, closed a letter to me with the following 

 words : — 



" It has always seemed to me a scandal to our horticulture 

 that in a region where the raspberry grows wild, we should not 

 have a sort that would resist both the winter cold and summer 

 heat, and produce abundantly." 



After another year of observation and of much correspon- 

 dence, extending even to California, I am convinced that 

 the Cuthbert does *' resist both the winter cold and summer 

 heat, and produce abundantly," far better than any other 

 raspberry that equals it in size and flavor. The canes are 

 strong, upright, branching, if space permits, reddish-brown, 

 spines abundant, but not very long and harsh. It is a 



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