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the crop is not very certain then. Now, it cannot be expected that one can 

 raise any fruit without pains ; but the raspberry requires as little care as most 

 any of the small fruits, and gives good results. The fruit comes just after the 

 strawberry has disappeared from the market, and before the blackberry has 

 made its appearance to any considerable extent, and fills up what would other- 

 wise be a gap or break in the succession of summer fruits. The fruit is cer- 

 tainly delicious ; second, it is true, to the strawberry, but still good enough for 

 the season ; and may be used in every form that the strawberry is used. The 

 Red Antwerp was formerly raised to considerable extent for market, but gave 

 way to the Franconia, which has been the variety principally raised for Boston 

 market. The Knevett's Giant is a very much better variety as respects quality 

 of fruit ; but the berry will not bear transportation equal to the Franconia. For 

 home use, it is difficult to find better varieties than Knevett's Giant, FastolfT, 

 and Brinckle's Orange. The fruit of the Fastolflf is red, like that of Knevett's 

 Giant, which it resembles somewhat. The color of the Brinckle, as its name 

 indicates, is a beautiful orange ; a great bearer, and moderately hardy ; though, 

 like all we have named, it needs protection in winter, which is easily given by 

 laying down the plants, and covering with earth. 



• Some new kinds of great promise have recently been introduced. Judging 

 from the representations made concerning them, — 



The Clarke is one of these ; a red raspberry of fair size, vigorous grower, 

 productive, and quite hardy. Whether it will endure the winter without protec- 

 tion, we are not yet informed. 



It is claimed that the Philadelphia is hardy enough to stand the winters with- 

 out protection. It is a large purple fruit, of pretty good quality. This variety 

 is quite extensively cultivated about Philadelphia. 



Among other new ones of which we have heard are the Ellisdale, Surprise^ 

 Fancy, Naomi, and two or three new foreign varieties. We have no doubt but 

 great improvement is yet to be made in this fruit ; that it still remains for some 

 successful horticulturist to originate a raspberry, of large size and excellent 

 quality, that shall prove fully able to endure all ordinary winters. But even now, 

 with what varieties we have, it seems possible to make the raspberry a profita- 

 ble fruit to raise for the market, as we know it is for home use. It will doubt- 

 less be with this, as it has been with many other things, that, in years of great 

 plenty, the price will be low, — perhaps lower than they can be afforded ; but this 

 should not at all discourage the grower. We well remember when apple-trees 

 were a drug at twenty to twenty-five cents each, and many were destroyed on 

 the brush-heap for want of purchasers ; and yet, within five years from that 

 time, they were very scarce zX fifty cents each. And so it has been with many 

 other things. And this is true of fruits. Currants sold so low a few years ago, that 

 they were hardly worth picking; and yet, since that time, there has been a very 

 good demand for this excellent fruit. The true way is to lay out to raise a certain 

 amount of fruit every year; and in this way the grower will get the sweet with 

 the bitter, and, in the long-run, will receive an ample reward for all his trouble. 

 Let this course be adopted in relation to the raspberry, and our markets will be 

 better supplied, and this fruit will be seen on our tables much oftener than it 



