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ries in character, and demand the same care and 

 treatment as red raspberries. Indeed, some of them 

 approach so closely to red raspberries that a donbt 

 arises as to whether they ought not to be classed with 

 the reds, instead of with Rubus neglectus. To this 

 class belong Philadelphia, Reliance and a few others. 

 Caroline is a pinkish yellow berry, belonging to this 

 category, and thought to be a seedling of Brinckle's 

 Orange, fertilized by some cap variety. 



Many of these are excellent for the home garden, 

 owing to their great productiveness and rich flavor. 

 The great objection to them as a market fruit is their 

 dull, unattractive color and their poor carrying qual- 

 ity. Some persons who cultivate the Shaffer for mar- 

 ket overcome this difficulty, in part, by picking them 

 before they are fully ripe and while they are yet 

 red. At this time they carry better and look better 

 in market. In a home market, however, there is but 

 little difficulty in selling the Shaffer when fully ripe, 

 dark as it is, if people come to know what it is and 

 have once tried it. It is one of the best raspberries 

 grown for canning purposes. It combines something 

 of the flavor of both the reds and blacks, and the 

 color after cooking is no longer unattractive. 



