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has much stronger spines, and is altogether a more rustic plant; 

 the fruit is of peculiar flavour, and esteemed by many persons. 

 The American White, resembles the black in the growth of the 

 plant and in the form of the fruit, but the latter as well as the 

 canes are of a pale yellow or straw colour. 



BRENTFORD RED. Pk. cat. 



The fruit of this variety is of excellent quality, and possesses 

 a high flavour, Avhen at full maturity; it is of a rather oval 

 form, of good size, and dark red colour. The plants are pro- 

 ductive, and the berries ripen in continuation for a considera- 

 ble period. The canes are set with j)urplish spines; those on 

 the new shoots when they first come out of the ground, are of 

 a reddish colour, but they afterwards attain a purplish hue. 

 (In all the descriptions I have given of the canes, colour of 

 spines, &ic. of the diflerent varieties, I refer to the shoots of 

 the same year, and to their appearance during the summer 

 season.) This variety often produces a second crop in Au- 

 gust. 



VIRGINIA RED. Pr. cat. 

 Rubus strigosus. Pursh. Rubus coccineus. 



The fruit of this species is round, or a little inclining to an 

 oval form, of larger size than the Common Red, and of good 

 flavour. The canes rise to the height of four or five feet or 

 more, and in favourable locations produce good crops. 



PENNSYLVANIAN. Pr. cat. 

 Ruhus pennsylvanicus. 



The canes of this variety are of peculiar appearance, and 

 the young shoots are set with red hairs, which extend from the 

 base to the extremity. The fruit is of a very dark red colour 

 when at maturity, its form rather oval, and its flavour indif- 

 ferent. The plants are very productive, the berries are pro- 

 duced in numerous clusters, and ripen in succession. An after 

 crop is frequently produced even as late as the month of 



