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Catawissa. — A most delicious everbearing sort. Yields a lar<*e croD of Durnlish 

 red fruit in the fall, untU the ground freezes. ° l U ul » luia 



Doolittle's Black Cap — Valuable for its earliness and hardiness. Double the size 

 and yields double the crop of the common Black Cap. The first year after planting 

 it will yield one or two quarts to the bush— after which it yields from four to eight 

 , quarts. When the common wild black is selling for five to ten cents per quart, this 

 sells readily for ten to fifteen cents, which shows plainly the comparison of the two 

 sorts. (See cut on 3d page cover.) 



Miami Block Cap.— Ajiother year's experience with this sort has proved to us that 

 it is superior to the Doolittle. It keeps in bearing longer — thus keeping up the suc- 

 cession. Size of fruit about the same, and not so full of seed. Bush less thorny, 

 large, more stocky ; consequently yielding larger crops. Fruit brownish black. 

 Entirely distinct from the Mammoth cluster. 



Seneca Black Cap,— Very similar to the Miami, in color, size and productiveness, 

 but fully a week to ten days later, and one of the highest and most sprightly flavored 

 berries we ever tasted. Canned fruit of this kind tastes almost similar to well ripened 

 blackberries. It is one of our favorite sorts for table use. 



■ Davidson's Thornless. — Not a thorn on it. This alone is sufficient to make it very 

 desirable indeed. When we add to this, however, that it has proven to be a week 

 earlier than the Dolittle, fully equal in size of berry, as hardy, and on account of 

 being a much stronger bush, a great yielder, makes it one of the most valuable 

 raspberries grown. Black, very sweet and fine flavored. (See cut on 3d cover page.) 



Colden Cap. — The same in size and bearing as the last, except beingof a beautiful 

 deep;golden color, making it .very .attractive and fine, for table use and jam. It is a 

 rampant grower, and must be well cut back. 



Gregg or Great Western. — This is claimed by the originator to be the largest. black 

 cap grown — even larger than the Mammoth Cluster, and being black when ripe and 

 very firm makes it an exceedingly valuable sort. Not fully tested by us as yet, (1878.) 



Golden Thornless, or Thornless Golden Cap. — It is the most productive and the 

 largest yellow raspberry of the cap kind that we have grown — being nearly or quite 

 as large as the Mammoth Cluster. 



Mammoth Cluster. — Of all the Black Cap family this has proven the most wonder- 

 ful in productiveness, sizo and uniformity of fruit, stockiness and hardiness of plant, 

 of any sort we have ever grown. Bush, a very rank, upright grower, with but few 

 thorns ; foliage rich dark green ; fruit extremely large and holds out large to the very 

 last picking. Black, with a rich purple tinge or bloom; very juicy, high flavored, 

 and delicious. Perfectly hvrdy, having stood the most severe winters (with mercury 

 down to 28 degrees below zero,) without the least particle of damage. Surface suffi- 

 ciently firm to carry to the most distant market. Latest of all black caps. (See cut 

 on 4th cover page.) 



Dr. A, Swasey, of Miss., says of this sort : " This new and justly celebrated variety 

 of the Black Cap Raspberry bids fair to supersede all other sorts in cultivation in 

 Southern Gardens. As far as it has been tried it has proved a perfect success, and as 

 all the Black Cap family of raspberries succeed better in our climate than any where 

 north of us, we have no doubt that the Mammoth Cluster will prove itself pne of the 

 greatest acquisitsons to our list of small fruits. The canes are vigorous, upright and 



