GENERAL CATALOGUE. 



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Downing — A seedling of Houghton. Fruit large, two to three times the size of Houghton ; whitish green ; 

 flesh soft, juicy, good ; plant vigorous and prolific ; excellent for family use, and very profitable for 

 market. 



Houghton — A vigorous grower ; branches rather slender ; very productive ; not subject to mild-w; fruit of 



medium size; skin smooth, pale red; flesh tender and good. 

 Red Jacket — A new red gooseberry of the American type, and which is highly recommended. 15 cts. each. 

 Smith's (Smith's Improved) — Grown from the seed of the Houghton; fruit large, oval; light green; flesh 



moderately firm, sweet, and very good ; plant vigorous and productive. 

 Triumph — An Am rican seedling of the English type ; large golden yellow : hardy, and an immense bearer. 



A fine variety. 15c. each, $1.00 per 10. 



LOGAN BERRY. 



A decided novelty, being a hybrid between a blackberry and a raspberry. Fruit as large as the black- 

 berry and of same shape , color dark red when fully ripe ; partakes of the flavor of the blackberry and rasp- 

 berry ; pleasant, mild, vinous. 25c. each. 



RASPBERRIES. 



To keep a raspberry bed in good productive condition, the old, weak, and dead wood should be cut out 

 every season, to give strength to the young shoots for the next year's bearing. In spring the weakest suckers 

 should be removed, leaving five or six of the strongest in each hill. The ground should be spaded and a top 

 dressing of manure given. 



Protection. — To guard against injury by the Winter, the canes may be tied to stakes and covered with 

 straw, or they may be laid down in the Autumn and covered with a few inches of earth, leaves, litter, or 

 branches of evergreens. 



They can be planted in the Fall or Spring with success. Black Caps cannot be planted in the Fall. 

 Prices of Raspberries : — 50 cts. per 10, except where noted. 



Not less than 10 of a kind at rate per 10. 



FOREIGN VARIETIES AND THEIR SEEDLINGS OF 

 AMERICAN ORIGIN. 



All the varieties in this class require protection in winter. 



Champlain — Fruit large, pale yellow. A strong grower and prolific. In quality ranks as best ; superior to 



Golden Queen. Valuable for the amateur. 

 Clarke — Large, light red ; moderately firm ; high flavored ; a strong grower; productive and very hardy. One 



of the best red raspberries for home use. 

 Fastolf - Large, purplish red ; rather soft ; juicy ; high flavored : productive ; very desirable for home use 



$1.00 per 10. 



Fontenay (Belle de Fontenay, Henrietta, Amazon) — Very large, roundish, conical; purplish red; 



sprightly, rich, firm ; plant dwarf, stout ; luxuriant foliage, suckers abundant ; needs to be well thinned 



out. Produces a second crop in autumn if the canes are cut to the ground in Spring. The best 



autumnal bearing variety. $1.00 per 10. 

 Franconia — Large, purplish red ; juicy, a little acid, but of fine quality ; canes strong and productive ; season 



medium to late. 



Herstine — Fruit large ; oblong ; crimson, moderately firm ; juicy, flavor sub-acid, and very good ; an abund- 

 ant bearer; season early to medium ; one of the best. 



Hornet — A French variety, very large, conical ; crimson red. Of the best quality ; a vigorous, upright 

 grower; season late; valuable for home use. $1.00 per 10. 



Knevett — Very large and handsome, red; juicy, soft, of good quality; very desirable for the family garden. 

 $1.00 per 10. 



Orange (Brinckle's) — Large, orange yellow ; beautiful and delicious ; the best yellow in cultivation ; plant 



tender, but when protected, very productive. $1.00 per 10. 

 Superlative (Bunyards) — A splendid foreign red raspberry. Very large, fine color, firm, and of best 



quality. We have tested it in our grounds, and commend it to all who desire the largest, handsomest, 



and choicest fruit. One of the best novelties in this line. $1.00 per 10. 



I have now in bearing more than 200 stools of Superlative, and although we possess a somewhat large plantation of other 

 varieties, they will all eventually have to give place to this excellent variety. It is the earliest to fruit with us, a most prolific cropper, 

 has large and handsome fruit of good color, and it is less liable to the maggot which is so prevalent in wet seasons. 



J. F. McLeod, in Gardeners' Chronicle, London, Eng. 



