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The more I investigated, tlie stronger became my doubts ; and, some time 

 after my return home, I received a letter from Dr. Kirtland, in which he expresses 

 the belief, " after careful examination of the subject," that the raspberry we saw 

 at his place is the seedling designated by Mrs. Wood as the Nao.mi, and 

 "that the true Nao.mi, as claimed by Messrs. Elliott, Hall, and others, is no 

 other than the old Red Franxonia ; " probably descendants of plants distrib- 

 uted by the doctor himself many years ago to Mrs. Wood, and others from 

 whom the 7iciv Naomi has more recently been obtained. 



At the annual meeting of the Ohio Horticultural Society at Columbus, in a 

 discussion upon the Naomi, I spoke of Dr. Kirtland's letter ; to which Mr. Elliott 

 replied, that the Na vni, or the variety now recognized as such, was so exactly 

 identical with the Franconia, that it was impossible to distinguish them by wood, 

 fruit, or foliage. Still he did not regard them as the same, as the Naomi was 

 hardier in winter. 



As to the hardiness of the Franconia, I will remark, that it has been found 

 to endure severe freezing here better than any of the Antwerp class of raspber- 

 ries except the Clarke and Kirtland, and to stand the cold of winters of ordinary 

 severity without protection. 



From the facts above stated, I have little doubt that the plants originally sent 

 out by Mrs. Wood were her seedlings mixed somewhat with the Franconia. 

 These plants were soon discovered to be mixed ; and the Franconia, being the 

 best of the lot, was selected from the others, and believed to be "true Naomi." 

 Other parties may have got the seedlings unmixed ; and, as they would in that 

 case have another "true Naomi," confusion and difficulty arose in determining 

 the truth of the matter. 



Now, if a seedling has been produced so exactly identical with the Fran- 

 conia that they cannot possibly be distinguished by appearance, how are the 

 public to be guarded against having the Franconia imposed upon them for this 

 seedling? In conclusion, I must say, I see no propriety in introducing this 

 so-called Naomi as a mw variety without more positive proof that it is distinct, 

 and also that it is an improvem-ent. Both of these points I regard as exceed- 

 ingly doubtful. George W. Campbell. 



Delaw.\re, O. 



The Naomi Raspberry. — Its History, Character^ and Value. — The Na- 

 omi Raspberry promises to be one of the leading novelties of the horticultural 

 world the present year. As it is beginning to be advertised quite extensively, 

 and had its origin in this section of Ohio, I am almost daily receiving letters 

 of inquiry respecting it : hence I give the following as the substance of what is 

 known about it : — 



It was produced from seeds sown by Mrs. Gov. Wood of Rockport (now of 

 California), nearly twenty years ago ; and did not attract any particular attention 

 for a number of years, until Mr. F. R. Elliott, observing the beauty and excellence 

 of the fruit, and hardiness of the plant, by the consent of Mrs. Wood, named it 

 Naomi, and afterwards published a drawing and description of it in the horti- 

 cultural journals. In the report of the department of agriculture for 1866, Mr. 



