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sembling the Marlboro, but later. Firm, of good quality, and 

 propagating from tips. Mich. Exp. Sta. Bull. Ill: 311. 



Superb (Churchman's Superb). Originated by John Church- 

 man, of Burlington, N. J., and supposed by him to be a seedling 

 of Philadelphia. Plant hardy, moderately vigorous, with large, 

 stout canes, which bear abundantly and propagate by suckers, 

 which increase slowly. Fruit large, rich, tart and juicy, dark 

 scarlet and rather crumbly. Thought by; some to be a cross be- 

 tween the Philadelphia and some European sort. 



Surprise. Introduced by H. G. Breese, Hoosick, N. Y. De- 

 scribed as a dark red variety, having the flavor of red raspberries 

 and firmness of berry and growth of cane of the black-caps; has 

 a tendency to fruit in autumn. Apparently of little value. 



Wetherbee. Spoken of as a red variety from New York.* 

 Described as hardy, vigorous, with few spines, and a moderate 

 bearer. Fruit small, round, purple, with slight whitish pubes- 

 cence, moderately firm, of sprightly flavor, ripening late. 



EECOMMENDED VARIETIES 



Shaffer and Columbian are the two best known and 

 most desirable varieties of the Purple -cane Group. 



III. THE AMERICAN RED RASPBERRIES 



Rubus strigosus 



The native red raspberry of the United States has 

 been much longer in cultivation than the black rasp- 

 berry or the blackberry, but is much younger than the 

 European berry. In spite of its youthfulness, it has 

 long since outrun its European cousin and gained con- 

 trol of the commercial red raspberry -growing of the 

 country. While it may be slightly behind the European 

 berry in quality of fruit, it is so thoroughly at home, 

 and adapts itself so readily to cultivation, that it has 

 become a far more desirable market berry. One great 



*Gardener's Monthly 22: 81. 



