ORANGE RASPBERRY. 



Synonyms None. 



Size Large. 



Form Ovate, sometimes conical. 



Color Orange, hence the name. 



Flavor Delicious. 



Quality" Best." 



Period of Maturity Middle of June to middle of July. 



Leaf Rugose, shorter and more obtuse than the Gushing. 



Cane White prickles. 



HISTORY, ETC. 



The Orange Raspberry it a native of Pennsylvania. It originated with the 

 editor of the North American Pomologist, from a seed of Dyark's Seedling, a large 

 English crimson variety, imported by Mr. Robert Buist, of Philadelphia. The 

 seed was planted July 13th, 1843, vegetated in the Spring of 1844, fruited in 

 1845, and described in the Horticulturist for October, 1846. 



The color of the fruit is altogether unique, being neither red nor yellow, but 

 consists of a most complete and intimate blending of the two, differing in this 

 respect from all other varieties. 



The Orange Raspberry generally reproduces itself from seed. Occasionally, 

 however, a seedling from it is observed with circular leaflets; and though both 

 sexual organs appear perfect, I have never succeeded in obtaining a berry from 

 such a plant. 



The usual mode of propagating the Raspberry by suckers, is exceedingly 

 slow, and a long time is required to obtain in this way, an ample supply from a 

 single plant of any new variety. 



And yet, by adopting another mode of propagation, it is capable of being 

 multiplied with ease and rapidity almost incredible. This mode consists in a 

 division of the roots into small sections. The root of the Raspberry is most 

 abundantly supplied with eyes, visible or dormant. It may therefore be cut into 

 very minute portions, each of which will usually form a new plant. The best 

 season to commence the propagation, is in the early part of the winter, before the 

 earth is frozen, or in the Spring, as soon as the frost is out of the ground. In the 

 former case, the cuttings after being planted, must be placed under glass, or in a 

 room without fire, and with a southern exposure, that the young plants may have 

 the benefit of the solar rays. 



There is one variety of food to which the Raspberry is particularly partial 

 spent tan. Indeed if it can obtain a plentiful supply of this article, it will 

 require with it no admixture of earth about its roots to make the plant grow 

 luxuriantly and fruit abundantly. 



