The Raspberries of the Future. \ 9 3 



must be sent any great distance, but if picked promptly after it reddens, 

 and packed in a cool, airy place, like that under my northern piazza, 

 suggested in the engraving, it carries well and brings good prices. The 



canes are 

 strong, red, 

 stocky and 

 covered with 

 spines. They 

 are but half-hardy, and 

 I think it is best to 

 cover them before the 

 first of December, in our 

 latitude. The canes of the 

 Saunders, also sent out by 

 Mr. Herstine, are much 



The Herstine Raspberry. A Cool Packing-Place. 



darker in color, and not so vigorous, but sufficiently so. The berries are 

 large, ripen later, are more globular, and are of the same excellent quality. 

 It deserves greater popularity than it has received. It is, also, only half- 

 hardy. 



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