THE FIRST RASPBERRIES --■» 



except in garden cultivation, where some protection 

 and the besl care conld be given it. The Antwerp 

 ;iml the Fontenay, varieties of thi.> species, are still 

 grown by amateurs. 



Early American History 



But, as in the grapes, plums, gooseberries, and 

 other fruits, there are raspberries growing in the 

 woods which quickly lent themselves to domestication 

 as -""ii as an effort was made to tame them. In 

 fact, they eame into cultivation without an invitation, 

 ••iiitl s<> little have we cared for their genealogies that 

 it is not until the lasl six or * - i ^r lit years that any 

 real attempt has been made to discover the botanical 

 affinities of the various types. The iir>t Dative berry 

 t<» come into cultivation was <-.-illr<l the English Red, 

 the came itself recording the ignorance of its origin. 

 In 1831, when Prince wrote, this was "the only variety 

 ■•it presenl cultivated to ;i greal extenl for the supply 

 of the New York market, and there are probably Dear 

 one hundred acres of Land >n Long Island appropri- 

 ated to its culture." Prince was aware of ii> botani- 

 cal affinities, and he substitDtes for the Dame English 

 Red the truer one of Common Red, ;in<l gives it 

 1,'nlins A tin rict // ins for its Latin oame. He says thai 

 it "is ;i Dative of our state, and grows naturally in 



the Catskill Mountains. Hie fruit is one of the 



earliest al uiatnrity, of medium size, tin<- flavour, and 



held in greal estimation, as well for the dessert as 



for making cherry brandy, &c." Prince also men- 



tin- Virginia Red, \\lii«-h appears not to have 



in cultivation; the Peinisylvanian, a red-fruited 



