658 THE RASPBERRY AND BLACKBERRY. 



flavour. Slioots verv vigorous, long, upriglit, and brandling; 

 grows from six to ten feet high. Light shining brown, with 

 purplish spines. Leaves narrow, light-green. 



American Black. 



Common Black-Cap. Black Raspbeiry. 

 Tliimble-Berry. Bubus Occideutalis. 



This raspberry, common in ahnost every field, with long, ram- 

 bling, purple shoots, and flattened, small black berries, is every- 

 where known. It is frequently cultivated in gardens, where, if 

 kept well pruned, its fruit is much larger and finer. Its rich, 

 acid flavour renders it, perhaps, the finest sort for kitchen use 

 — tarts, puddings, (fee. It ripens later than other raspberries. 



The American White resembles the foregoing in all respects, 

 except in the colour of its fruit, which is pale-yellow or white. 



Barnet 



Comwall's Prolific. Lord Exmouth's. 

 Cornwall's Seedling. Large Red. 



An old English variety of some merit, but has not succeeded 

 well here. 



Fruit large, roundish ; conical, bright, purplish-red ; pleasant 

 flavour. Canes long, yellowish-green, branching. 



Brentford Cane. 



English. Fruit medium, oval, conical, dull dark-red ; inferior 

 to the best ; not productive. 



Col. Wilder. 



Originated with Dr. Brinckle, Philadelphia. Fruit large, 

 roundish, semi-transparent, yellowish-white, or cream-colour ; 

 pleasant light flavour, but not rich ; strong white spines ; leaf 

 much crimped ; productive, and a good grower. 



Cope. 



Raised by Dr. Brinckle. Fruit large, conical ; crimson, red 

 spines; foliage of a lighter green, and more deeply serrated 

 than any other of his seedhngs. (Wilder in Hort.) 



Cretan Red. 



A rather late variety, of medium quality. Fruit of medium 

 size, globular, inclining to conical, deep purplish-red ; sub-acid, 

 and good. 



