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son. It is more Jiardy than any other sort of its family that I have tried, 

 except Philadelphia, and possibly Arnold's Hybrids. It is quite pro- 

 ductive, though the canes are not so vigorous as is desirable, and it has 

 the common fault of its family — excessive suckering. 



Clarke. — This sort has a much stronger cane, and larger fruit, of 

 excellent flavor, and the plant is quite productive. It however is not 

 quite hardy at the West without protection, and it also suckers badly. 

 There are a few localities, like the peach region on Lake Michigan, 

 where it would probably succeed, and be safe to plant for market pur- 

 poses, but generally it should only find a place in the garden of the 

 amateur. 



Philadelphia. — This is the only red raspberry we have yet that has 

 proved hardy enough for extensive planting here, and its value is only 

 beginning to be understood. Several reasons have conspired to pre- 

 vent small-fruit growers from investing in this variety. A well 

 grounded distrust of the hardiness of all red raspberries, the dearness 

 of plants, owing to their slow propagation, — as it makes comparatively 

 few suckers, — and for the same reason, the longer time requii-ed to get 

 a plantation into full bearing. This habit of making few suckers, is, 

 however, one of the most valuable of its characteristics for the fruit 

 grower, when a plantation is once established. 



The black cap raspberry growing has been a little overdone, and the 

 growers are considering the propriety of planting something else. And 

 the Philadelphia is more promising of remuneration than any other red 

 raspberry we have, and will continue to be until we have one of better 

 fruit that is equally hardy. 



Arnold's Hybrid {Red). — This new raspberry from Canada, I have 

 planted a couple of years. In hardiness it is probably equal to the 

 Philadelphia, while in vigor of cane and size of fruit it is inferior to 

 most, and it has the objectionable habit of innumerable suckers. 



Arnold's Hybrid {White). — This has some characteristics that 

 give it more value. It has larger fruit, of a delicate flavor, and is more 

 nearly white than any other raspberry I have seen. It is more hardy 

 than most of its class, though I doubt whether it will prove as safe 

 as the Purple Cane for general planting. 



These are claimed to be hybrids, but I fail to see any evidence of 

 such a character. They have the excessive suckering habit of their 

 class, and will not root from the tips. These facts alone are conclusive 

 to my mind where they belong, in spite of their fall-bearing tendency, 

 which manifests itself occasionally in varieties of the R. strigosus., no 

 less than in the R. occidentalis. 



