302 Success with Small Fruits. 



Knevetfs Giant. Berry large, round, light crimson, adheres too firmly 

 to the core, and often crumbles in picking, but is juicy and good. The 

 canes are very strong and productive ; spines purplish, short, scattering. 

 An English variety. 



Merveille de Quatre Saisons. A French variety. This and the Belle 

 de Fontenay are almost as hardy as any of our native kinds, and thus they 

 form exceptions to the foreign sorts, which are usually tender. Good 

 results might be secured by crossing them with our best native kinds. The 

 canes of this variety must be cut to the ground in spring if much autumn 

 fruit is desired. It is not equal to the Belle de Fontenay, to which class 

 it belongs. 



Naomi. Identical with Franconia. 



Northumberland Fillbasket. An old-fashioned English variety, some- 

 times found in the garden of an amateur. 



Pride of the Hudson. Seepages 162, 176, 192. 



Pearl, Bristol, Thwack. Native varieties that resemble the Brandy- 

 wine, but are not equal to it in most localities. They are passing out of 

 cultivation. 



Reliance. A seedling of the Philadelphia, but judging from one 

 year's test, much superior to it, and worthy of cultivation in those 

 regions where the finer varieties cannot thrive. It is hardy, and will do 

 well on light soils. 



Saunders. See page 192. 



Rubus Occidentalis. 



For descriptions of Damson's Thornless, Doolittle, or American Im- 

 proved, Mammoth Cluster, and Gregg, see chapter xxii. - 



American Black. Common black-cap raspberry, found wild through- 

 out the United States. Too well known to need description. 



American White-cap (Yellow-cap, Golden-cap). "Also scattered 

 widely throughout the country, but not common. Those who discover it 

 often imagine that they have found something new and rare. Berries 

 slightly oval, grains larger than those of the black-cap, yellow, with a white 

 bloom. The canes are light yellow, strong, stocky, with but few spines. 

 Propagated from the tips. It might become the parent of very fine 

 varieties." (Fuller.) 



