Varieties of the Foreign and Native Species. 





Franconia and Belle de Fontenay Rasp- 

 berries, with an autumn branch 

 of the latter. 



more profitable market varie- 

 ties, however; but, if the suckers 

 are vigorously destroyed, and 

 the bearing canes cut well back, 

 the fruit is often very large, 

 abundant and attractive, bring- 

 ing the highest prices. As a 

 plantation grows older, the 

 tendency to sucker immoder- 

 ately decreases, and the fruit 

 improves. Its autumn bearing 

 trait is shown by the engraving 

 of a loaded tip, cut in October, 

 and the late berries are seen 

 to be very different in appear- 

 ance from those that mature in 

 July. 



The Belle de Pallua and 

 Hornet are also French varieties, 

 that in some sections yield fine 

 fruit, but are too uncertain to 

 become favorites in our country. 





