S68 On the cuUivalion of the Raspberry. 



vator. As a market fruit it is particularly worthy of attention, 

 requiring less care than the strawberry, easier picked, and the 

 finer sorts commanding a good price. 



The following is a list of the best kinds now cultivated. A 

 few of them are new, and, as yet, not very extensively known. 

 The kinds we would recommend for a small collection are the 

 white and red Antwerp, and the Franconia; for larger gar- 

 dens, all the others may be added, which will afford a great 

 variety, and a succession of fruit. The names, with the ex- 

 ception of the three last, are according to the London Horti- 

 cultural Society's Catalogue. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF THE DIFFERENT VARIETIES. 



Red Antwerp. — Of fine size, excellent flavor, and productive; 

 one of the best. 



Yellow Jlntioerp. — Syn. white Antwerp. Similar to the last, 

 except in the color of the berries; a delicious fruit, but 

 does not bear carriage well. 



Barnet. — Syn. Cornwall's Prolific. A fine, large, red fruit, 

 productive and excellent, but does not bear carriage well. 



Common red. — Syn. Old red. The old kind of the garden. 

 An indifferent bearer, and of inferior quality. 



Double bearing. — 8yn. Perpetual bearing. Said to be a good 

 and productive kind, having the merit of producing one crop 

 in July, and another in September. 



Franconia. — Syn. Seedling Grape. One of the most pro- 

 ductive and finest kinds cultivated around Boston. Fruit 

 red, large, and handsome. The origin of this sort is un- 

 known. It was originally received from Vilmorin, of Paris, 

 by S. G. Perkins, Esq., of Brookline. 



Acw red Antwerp. — A notice of this will be found at page 

 256. It promises to be, so far as we have tried it, a very- 

 fine variety. 



Cretan red. — A fine variety, the fruit large and handsome, 

 rather more tart than the Antwerp, and continues in bear- 

 ing a long time, which renders it highly valuable. 



Besides the above eight sorts, the new Turkish Turban, 

 Victoria, Brentford, Spring Grove, and the Ohio Ever-bear- 

 ing, are recommended as very fine kinds. To those who have 

 room, we would advise a trial of them. 



