CHAPTER XL 

 THE RASPBERRY. 



1. RED ANTWERP. Plate 62. 



Fruit large ; conical, and hairy when green, base rather wide. Color dull red ; flavor 

 rich and sweet. 



2. YELLOW ANTWERP. Plate 61. 



Fruit large, conical ; hairy before maturity. Color yellowish ; tender, soft, very rich ; 

 less hardy than the Red Antwerp. 



3. FRANCONIA. 



Very large, rather firm ; roundish, conical. Color dark red ; flavor rich subacid ; produc- 

 tive. Canes vigorous and hardy. 



4. THE WILDER RASPBERRY. (Cushing.) 



Col. Wilder. 



Fruit very large, roundish, conical, cream colored ; semitransparent. Flavor fine ; growth 

 vigorous, quite hardy ; productive and ripening early, and continuing for several suc- 

 cessive weeks. New. Raised by Dr. Bhinckle, of Philadelphia, from the seed of the 

 FastolflT. J. J. Thomas. 



5. FASTOLFF. 



Large, conical, obtuse, and somewhat rounded. Color purplish red. Flavor rich. Growth 

 vigorous and branching ; hardy and productive. 



