362 Origin, ^c, of the Ohio Ever-bearing Raspberry. 



previous, had been entirely denuded by this enemy of the ap- 

 ple tree. 



The expense is very trifling, as any common boards will 

 answer, and any person who can use a fore-plane, a saw, and 

 a hammer, can easily prepare the boxes. 



No possible injury can result to the tree, for the tar does 

 not touch it; and as soon as the season is over for the grubs to 

 ascend, I remove the waste, and spread it to dry for another 

 season, and in this way it will answer for use several years. 



I feel entirely satisfied that the foregoing plan will effectu- 

 ally put an end to the ravages of the detestable grub-worm, 

 and I hope that all those who have trees worth preserving, 

 will try the experiment. 



Yours, respectfully, John Porter. 



JVewburyporl, Sept., 1842. 



Art. II. Some account of the origin, cultivation, and fruit 

 of the Ohio Ever-bearing Raspberry. By A. H. Ernst, 

 Nurseryman, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Last spring I had an occasion to send a few things to some 

 friends in your vicinity. I availed myself of the occasion to 

 present you with one dozen of the Ohio Ever-bearing rasp- 

 berry plants, which I hope you have received.* I feel some 

 desire to aid in spreading this fruit over the country; less, 

 however, to the north than to the loest or south, because your 

 region is more congenial with the growth of the raspberry, 

 and abounds in fine high flavored fruit, of superior quality, 

 which continues to fruit abundantly during the latter part of 

 the summer, so that, to a great extent, the deficiency does not 

 exist with you, which would make this raspberry particularly 

 valuable to your section of country. 



The Ohio Ever-bearing raspberry, as you are aware, is a 

 native of Ohio. It was, I think, first found and brought into 

 notice by a community of Shakers, residing some thirty miles 



* We did, in excellent order, and Mr. Ernst will receive our 

 thanks for his attention. — Ed. 



