Note on the Hybrid Reds 59 



by tips, like the black-caps. This is the true Rubus neg- 

 lectus, or Purple Cane type. It is to this class that the 

 old Purple Cane, Shaffer, Columbian and others belong. 

 These demand the same methods of planting, pruning and 

 care as those given to the black-caps. The other class 

 propagates chiefly by suckers, but can be made to root 

 from the tips with proper care. These are essentially red 

 raspberries in character, and demand the same care and 

 treatment as red raspberries. Some of them approach 

 so closely to the true red raspberries that they might even 

 be more properly classed as such than with Rubus neg- 

 lectus. 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 chief 

 objection to them as a market fruit is their dull, unattrac- 

 tive color and their poor carrying quality. Some persons 

 who cultivate them for market 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, there is 

 little difficulty in selling the Shaffer or Columbian, when 

 fully ripe, dark as they are, when persons come to know 

 them. They are among the best raspberries grown, for 

 canning purposes, combining something of the flavor of 

 both the reds and the blacks. Their color, when cooked, 

 is no longer objectionable. 



