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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



tucky, and will give move quarts and 

 more money than any other late variety. 

 In growth it equals the Crescent. 



Crawford. — All things considered, 

 this is the best berry ever originated 

 by me. I have fruited it five years, 

 and intended to say nothing about it 

 for some time, but an account of it got 

 into the American Garden. I always 

 thought that if I raised a seedling that 

 was ahead of all others, I would call it 

 Crawford. This is the only one con- 

 sidered worthy. 



JOHNSTONS SWEET RASPBERRY. 



This is a new black cap raspberry 

 which is being sent out from Central 

 New York by Mr. R. Johnston. He 

 claims for it, after four years' trial, that 

 in quality it is particularly sweet and 

 delicious, and that it surpasses all 

 others for evaporating purposes. In 

 season it is about the same as the Tyler, 

 and in size it is little less than the 

 Gregg. 



We are not personally acquainted 

 with any one else who has fruited this 

 berry, but we find that Mr. T. T. Lyon, 

 Pres. of the Michigan Horticultural So- 

 ciety speaks highly of it, especially 

 with regard to its quality as an eva- 

 porated fruit. 



THE GOLDEN QUEEN RASPBERRY. 



BY T. C. ROBINSOS, OWES SOUND. 



In May, '86, I set out a few rows of 

 this variety with plants which had been 

 grown from root-cuttings in the green- 

 house during winter. 



Some of the growing canes were 

 nearly a foot high, and it was reason- 

 able to expect that the check of trans- 

 planting would induce a formation of 

 fruit-buds on the green wood, which the 

 after-growth of June and July would 

 develop into berries. In this hope I 

 was abundantly justified by a fine show 

 of blossoms in midsummer, which ripe- 



ened up finely in August and Septem- 

 ber. Of course, such abnormal fiiiition 

 cannot be regarded as a decisive test of 

 th.e variety — nor can any single test — 

 but a very good idea of the size, beauty 

 and quality of the berries was fairly 

 obtainable, and also of the tendency of 

 the variety to productiveness. 



I found the berries to be very large, 

 as nearly as possible of the size, shape 

 and firmness of well-grown Cuthberts. 

 while the color closely assimilates that 

 of Brinckle's Orange. The plant proved 

 on this test to be a fine vigorous grower, 

 fully up to, if not excelling, the Cuth- 

 bert. The leaf so closely resembles the 

 Cuthbert that an expert might mistake 

 one for the other ; but one glance at 

 the whitish-green cane shows the var- 

 iation. 



In quality it has been pronounced 

 equal to Brinckle's Orange. Fall-grown 

 berries are often inferior in quality to 

 the crop of the regular season, so that 

 my test pi'oves nothing conclusively on 

 this point ; but it is only just to re- 

 mark that with me they were not so 

 good as Brinckle's, but fairly up to the 

 Cuthbert's standard. 



Upon the whole I am exceedingly 

 pleased with my experience of this va- 

 riety. A i-aspberry that looks just like 

 Brinckle's Orange, that is productive 

 as Cuthbert, and i-emarkably firm, needs 

 only proof of hardiness to simply place 

 it at the very head of the list, and be- 

 yond the competition of any other 

 known variety of its color. Unusual 

 hardiness is claimed for it, and seems 

 fairly promised by its Cuthbert par- 

 entage, so that fi-uit lovers may smack 

 their lips in anticipation of a large, re- 

 liable, white raspberry, equally good 

 for home use or market. 



Of course fvirther tests in this and in 

 other parts of the country may develop 

 faults that do not now appear ; but at 

 present I must regard its indications of 

 success as unusually promising. 



