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Bpines; this variety would, on account of its size, make a very good 

 market berry, but it is not productive. 



Knevet's Giant: in size equal to the above and similar in color; 

 strong growth, not so prickly and a better bearer; with us it proved 

 hardy and well worthy of cultivation. 



Scarlet: said to be very superior; we failed to see anything 

 remarkable in it; medium size, color bright red, canes strong and 

 quite free of spines; this is all that can be said in its favor. 



Fi-anconia: an old French variety, large, color dark red, very 

 good flavor, productive, and would make a good market berry, if 

 it was hardy. 



Huntsman's Giant: a seedling from the Francouia, and similar to 

 its parent; the canes grow taller and are covered with a white bark, 

 quite productive, and said to be hardier than its parent; a decided 

 acquisition. 



Haruet: veiy large, crimson, good flavor, productive, but tender. 



Briuckle's Orange, this is without doubt, one of the finest flavored 

 raspberries in cultivation; this variety is not to be confounded with 

 the old yellow Antwerp; it is difierent in its habit of growth; in 

 color it is a rich orange, of delicious flavor, vigorous growth, and 

 quite productive, but requires protection ; it is the best yellow 

 raspberry in cultivation. 



Rivers' Monthly: medium size, crimson color, juicy and of good 

 flavor, productive, but not equal to the Belle de Fontenay; require 

 protection. 



Naomi: a new highly-pufied variety from Ohio; we have failed to 

 find wherein it is any better than many of our discarded kinds; the 

 fruit is of fair size, no flavor, hardiness not yet tested. 



Pearl: a native variety, medium size, color bright scarlet, sweet 

 and juicy and of good flavor, canes short and spiney, suckers freely, 

 and is quite hardy. 



Arnold's Hybrid: these varieties ai'e the first hybrids I have seen, 

 at least the first that have been produced by a direct eflfort of the 

 grower; they are a cross between yellow Marvel, of four seasons, 

 and red Clitto, and the American j-^ellow cap; fruit like the former, 

 plant like the latter; the fruit is of fiiir size, good flavor, and said 

 to be hardy; if it proves so it will be a decided acquisition, and 

 take the place of Brinckle's Orange. 



Belle de Fontenay: fruit large, shape long conical, color deep 

 crimson, and of good flavor, apt, when fully ripe to drop to pieces; 

 this is usually the case with the first crop, but the second crop, in 



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