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GARDENING FOE THE SOUTH. 



Golden Queen (/?. strigosus). — An excellent summer 

 variety; fruit is large and round-conical, yellow color; 

 prolific and good flavor. 



Schaffer's Colossal (./?.. ncglectus). — This is one of 

 the cap varieties. The fruit is very large, round, of a < 1 11 1 1 

 purple, with an acid flavor, ami productive. A hardy 

 plant for the dry summers of the South. Late and a good 

 shipping fruit. 



Turner (A*, strigosus). — A red raspberry and, like the 

 last, suitable for the South', because it withstands the 



Fig. 277— Golden Queen Raspberry. 



hot summers admirably, and it produces fruit of excel- 

 lent quality and beauty. 



Marketing.— The fruit must be packed in small 

 baskets holding not more than a pint because in greater 

 bulk the berries are easily crushed and ruined by their 

 own weight. These pint boxes are then placed in cases 

 holding twenty-four pints, with ample ventilation, so 

 that the fruit will keep cool. Ship promptly and over the 

 shortest routes, since the raspberry will not keep long 

 after being gathered. 



