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The variety cultivated in the Northern States is very 

 large; many of them we have tested here with but poor 

 sue cess. 



Cuthbert (R. strigosus). — This is one of the most de- 

 sirable raspberries for the South. The fruit is red, large, 



Fig 27G— Gregg Raspberry (after Bailey). Natural size. Cornell 

 Experiment Station Bulletin. 



juicy and fine flavored. It ripens about Hie middle or 

 latter part of May. 



Gregg (/»'. occidentalis). — Fruit large round-ovate, black 

 to dark purple. Ripens a short time before the Cuthbert. 

 This is one of the best of the black-cap varieties. A 

 favorite market variety. 



