662 THE RASPBERRY AND BLACKBERRY. 



MERVEILLE DE QUATRE SAISONS. 



Yellow fruit, a new variety, raised from the above. It bears 

 abundantly in the autumn, and its fruit is sweet and well fla- 

 voured. (Hort.) 



OHIO, EVERBEARING. 

 Ohio Raspberry. Ken. 



This is a native of Ohio, and was first made known to .Eastern 

 cultivators by Mr. Long-worth, of Cincinnati, though, we believe, 

 it had been cultivated for some time previous, at a Quaker settle- 

 ment in Ohio. It is precisely like the American Black Rasp- 

 berry, or Black-cap, in all respects, except that it has the valua- 

 ble property of bearing abundant crops of fine fruit, till late in 

 the season. We have seen a quart gathered from a single plant, 

 on the 1st day of November. It deserves a place in every large 

 garden. 



VICTORIA. (Roger's.) 



" Large dark-red, habit rather dwarf, bears abundantly, and 

 very good." (Riv. Cat.) 



THE BLACKBERRY. 



There are several species of the Bramble indigenous to this 

 country, which produce eatable fruit, but the best for the table, 

 or for cooking, are the Low Blackberry, a trailing shrub, and 

 the following varieties of the High Blackberry. 



The fruit is larger than that of the Raspberry, with fewer and 

 larger grains, and a brisker flavour. It ripens about the last of 

 July, or early in August, after the former is past, and is much 

 used by all classes in this country. The sorts are seldom culti- 

 vated in gardens, as the fruit is produced in such great abun- 

 dance in a wild state ; but there is no doubt that varieties of 

 much larger size, and greatly superior flavour, might be pro- 

 duced by sowing the seeds in rich garden soil, especially if re- 

 peated for two or three successive generations. 



Low BLACKBERRY. 



Trailing Blackberry. Dewberry. 

 Rubus Canadensis. Lin. 



A low trailing, prickly shrub, producing large white blossoms 

 in May, and very large roundish-oblong black fruit in midsum- 

 mer. Leaflets from three k> five in number. The fruit, when 

 in good soil, and fully exposed to the sun, is high flavoured, 

 sweet, and excellent. 



