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t^jjiiiiig up in 1871. In 1873 this foundling performed such i)rodigies 

 in the way of size of fruit and ahundance of it, that it was taken in 

 and cared for. Under iniproved treatment it improved, gratefully 

 acknowledging the kind care it had received, and developed so many 

 valua'ljle (qualities that it has been thought worthy of a name and an 

 introduction to the public, both the fruit growing public, and that larger 

 but less critical body public, the fi'iKjes consumere nati. We believe 

 her foster parents held the levee in her honor sometime in the summer 

 of 1877, and brought out the blushing beauty. 



She seems to be a tall young lady, having reached to the height of 

 nine and ten feet, with a girth of two inches and a quarter, and clothed 

 with leaves of unusual size, many of them being five inches across. 

 This foliage seems to remain through the hot and dry weather of July 

 and August, when some of our red raspl)erries lose their leaves, and 

 present the appearance of bare stems, with probably a small tuft at 

 the top. It is said too, that notwithstanding this great vigor of growth 

 it does not suffer from the cold ; that during two winters, in both of 

 which the mercury fell to twenty-four degrees below zero, it stood un- 

 protected without losing even the tip of a cane, while the Philadelphia 

 and Clarke, growing in the same field, were seriously injured. Only 

 think of that, twenty-four below zero and not even a tip injured. 

 That is just the kind of raspberry cane we want in our climate. 



And now for the productiveness — does it bear well ? Yes, tolerably 

 well, considering its height. Let us try the rule of three. If a cane 

 three feet high yields six hundred berries, how many ought a cane to 

 bear that is nine feet high ? Well, we are not told how high this cane 

 was which produced over eight hundred berries, fully one half ot which 

 were over three-fourths of an inch, cross diameter, many of them one 

 inch, and a few fully one and one-eighth of an inch. One single branch 

 twenty inches long, produced three hundred and seventy-nine berries. 

 What a pity the plant could not be all branches ? 



But this variety also continues a long time in fruit, commencing 

 to ripen about the first of July, and if we understand the matter 

 correctly, continuing to yield ripe fruit up to the twenty-ninth of 

 August. Now we do not approve of such a habit, it is a very bad one> 

 and ought to be broken. Does Henrietta suppose we want her rasp- 

 berries without end ? Must we be asked to forego the l)lackberries 

 altogether ? Fie on your self-conceit, Henrietta ; suppose you finish 



