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AMERICAN HOME GARDEX. 



Fig. 293, b. 



THE RASPBERRY. 



There are numerous varieties of tliis esteemed fruit, of di- 

 vers colors, almost all being prolific, and most of the red or 

 dark-fruited kinds of good flavor. Perhaps the Red Antwerp 

 and the Fastolif, which ripens rather later, are the finest, but 

 at the north they require covering in winter to secure a crop. 



The Franconia is a hardy variety, which bears abundant 

 crops of fruit, scarcely, if at all inferior, when fully ripe, to the 

 Red Antwerp, cither in size or quality, having a firmness of 

 texture which renders it valuable for preserving. 



Knevet's Giant is a new English variety of good reputation 

 both for quality and hardiness. Some new and promising va- 

 rieties have also been recently raised from seed. 



