RASPBERRIES. 



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suitable for growing m exposed situations, and for train- 

 ing as an espalier or pyramid. 



Knight's Large Red. — Bunches large ; berries medium, 

 of a fine deep-red. An abundant bearer, not so early as 

 Red Dutch. 



Lace-leaved. — Compact habit, bushy, very prolific; leaves 

 laced, bunches medium, berries pale -red. 



Lee's Prolific. — An excellent black; bunches large, very 

 abundant ; berries larger than Black Naples, very sweet 

 and pleasant when ripe; hangs long after ripening. 



Red Champagne. — Of dwarf habit, the bunches short, 

 the berries small, pale-red, not so sweet as the white, and 

 less acid than the red sorts. An abundant bearer. 



Red Dutch. — Surpassed by none in size of bunch, quality, 

 and abundant bearing; ripens early, and the berries are 

 large, juicy, and bright-red. 



White Dutch. — Habit and appearance of Red Dutch ; 

 bunches large and abundant, berries large, transparent, 

 yellowish-white, with a mild sweet juice. The best White. 



White Grape (fig. 1030).— Larger than White Dutch, 

 marvellously productive, in crowded clusters. Bush some- 

 what straggling, and requires to be carefully pruned. 



Wifonot's Large White. — Bunches long, less compact than 

 those of the White Dutch, and scarcely so large; the leaves 

 are deeply lobed. 



[W.C.] 



Fig. 10IS0.— Currant— White Grape. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



RASPBERRIES. 



Oeigin — Soil and Situation — Planting — Pkuning 

 and Tkatning — Summer Management — Forcing — 

 Propagation — Enemies — Selection of "Varieties. 



The parent of the Raspberry, Eubus Idceus, 

 a deciduous shrub, is found wild in the cooler 

 parts of Europe, including the British Islands, 



where it is not uncommon in woods. The cane- 

 like biennial stems are more or less prickly; 

 the leaves consist of from three to five leaflets, 

 which are ovate, white and hoary beneath: the 

 flowers are borne in drooping cymes : and the 

 fruits, which are red or yellow, are covered 

 with a hoary down. These characters are found 

 in all the cultivated forms, including some that 

 are said to be hybrids between the Raspberry 

 and the Blackberry, Rfniticosus, a plant of quite 



