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although it is probably lo - :tinct in America. 



Longworth'8 letter to the "Gardener's Magazine" 

 La not the •nil i.-t record <>f this raspberry, however. 

 The earliest note of it which I Lav.- seen is the fol- 

 lowing, in Hovey's "Magazine of Horticulture," Bos- 

 ton, for L837: 



" /.' rbearing Raspberry. — The c Gen< — Farmer' 

 - that a new kin<l of raspberry has been fonnd in 

 New York state, near Lake Erie, by th<- Shakers 

 residing there, and that it produces its fruit through- 

 out the summer and autumn. It is also stated t<> be 

 really a valuable variety, and worthy <»t' extensive ■•ul- 

 tivation. Tin- fruit in appearance is longer than the 

 wild black raspberry, and approaches near, in size and 

 excellence, t<> the White Antwerp, but is not so high 

 flavored. Tin- habit "t' growth is somewhat similar 

 t i the common purple raspberry, the shoots of which 

 are very vigorous, bending over and touching tin- 

 ground, and tak<- v<»>\. by which mode it is rapidly 

 increased. Its mod.- of producing it- fruit is as t'"l- 

 In the spring the <>ld Bhoots throw out their 

 new branches, as in other sorts upon which the firsl 

 crop appears, bul Boon the new Bhoots ^ »• *_ri u to grow, 



and when they have attained ;i g 1 size, which is 



generally just before the first crop is gone, the) pro- 

 duce the second crop; to this latter circumstance it 



owes its name, and it- 1 uliarity. The fruit of the 



b nd crop is considered the best. It is grown bj 



Mr. Long worth, of Cincinnati, and by th<- Shakers 

 near Lebanon, but has nol yet found its waj into any 

 of our Atlantic cities 



In 1842, the same magazine makes another account 

 of this variel \ : 



