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Yellow Antwerp ; juicy, sweet, and good ; very productive. Origin same 

 as Hornet. 



Mrs. Wood. — Of Black-Cap habit ; canes very strong, sprawling, with 

 coarse prickles ; berry medium size, round, resembling the Black Cap in 

 flavor ; very productive. Ripens later than most kinds ; color, when fully 

 ripe, very dark, dull, purplish red ; of fair quality. 



Semper Fiddis. — Canes vigorous, short jointed, branching, with numer- 

 ous short and stiff purple prickles ; foliage large and vigorous ; fruit large, 

 conical, regular, dark crimson ; pips medium size ; flesh firm ; flavor acid, 

 and of indifferent quality ; very handsome, a great bearer, and ripens late. 

 Of English origin. 



Clarke. — A robust grower ; fruit of good size, irregular-conical ; color 

 dark crimson, tolerably rich, and of good flavor; grains large, apt to sepa- 

 rate in plucking ; fruit irregular in size, the first good, but gradually lessen- 

 ing to the close of the season. Though claimed as perfectly hardy, it does 

 better when covered. ^ 



Philadelphia. — Canes vigorous ; fruit hardly of medium size, round, 

 dark purplish red. The only point in which it excels is its enormous pro- 

 ductiveness. 



Knroetfs Giant. — Canes vigorous, tinged with purple, and covered with 

 thin bloom ; prickles few and of pale color ; leaf somewhat rough, of dull, 

 dark green; fruit large, roundish-conical ; grains large, sweet, and rich; 

 does not part quite so freely from the core as some kinds, but still may be 

 easily gathered ; flesh tolerably firm. One of the best for family or mar- 

 ket. Imported from England by Mr. Wilder, having been received as a 

 present from Messrs. Chandler & Co. of Vauxhall, who, when applied to 

 for more plants, stated that those sent Mr. Wilder were the only ones they 

 had ever had, and they were under the impression that these were brought 

 in by some person in that vicinity. 



Franconia. — Canes strong, with a moderate number of purplish prickles; 

 the new wood, the bearing laterals, and the petioles, also tinged with brown- 

 ish purple; fruit large, conical ; grains large; flesh firm, of a brisk, pleasant 

 acid, parting very freely from the receptacle. For market, besides carry- 

 ing better than any other, it possesses the great advantage of being better 

 twenty-four hours after it is gathered than when fresh from the bushes, the 



