ON THE RASPBERRY 



As to the work with the raspberries, my first 

 aim was to accumulate as much available mate- 

 rial as possible. 



This has been my custom throughout The 

 chances of obtaining results from a large number 

 of experiments are proportionately greater as the 

 number increases, and I find, within limits of 

 time, that it is just as simple to conduct a thou- 

 sand or ten thousand experiments, or even a hun- 

 dred thousand experiments, as to conduct a few. 



So I worked on a comprehensive scale with 

 the raspberries from the outset; and it was not 

 long before I developed several varieties of value; 

 varieties, in fact, superior in size, quality, and 

 productiveness, to any raspberries hitherto known. 

 FIRST FRUITS OF THE EXPERIMENTS 



The first of my new raspberries offered to the 

 public was named the Eureka. 



This raspberry, introduced in 1893, was de- 

 scribed as "larger than any raspberry in cultiva- 

 tion; bright red, firm, very productive, and sim- 

 ilar to Shaffer's Colossal in its piquant acid flavor. 

 It is nearly twice as large as Shaffer's Colossal, 

 its great-grandparent, and a better color and qual- 

 ity, firmer, handsomer, and in all respects an im- 

 provement on that well-known variety. The 

 bushes are more compact in growth, almost free 

 from prickles, and of a sturdy appearance." 



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