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St. Regis Everbearing 



The "early 'till late" Raspberry. 



(Shown on colored plate mailed herewith). 



Raspberries for four months! That's what you get when you plant St. Regis — the new everbearing variety. 

 Morever, they are not only raspberries, but raspberries of the very highest grade — in size, in brilliant crimson color, 

 in firmness, in flavor. 



The variety has been aptly termed "the early 'till late" variety; for it is the first red raspberry to give ripe 

 fruit, while it continues to produce berries without intermission until late in October. 



St. Regis is of pure American blood and of iron clad hardihood; the canes enduring the severest cold unin- 

 jured and are wonderfully prolific. Unlike Belle de Fontenay, Henrietta, Marvel of Four Seasons and all other 

 so styled ever-bearing red raspberries that have preceded it, (and many others that are not ever-bearing), its 

 foliage never suffers by sunburn or scald; nor is its growth of cane impaired by the heat and drought of summer. 



In addition to the bright crimson color and large size of the fruit, it is so firm and rich in sugar that it will 

 stand shipping two hundred miles, arriving at market in first class order; and it can readily be kept in perfect 

 condition for several days after being gathered. In brief, it is such a marvel as to size, beauty and excellence, 

 it has been given the name of St. Regis; the finest hotel in the world, with guests who are the most fastidious 

 and discriminating of all epicures. 



The merits of this truly reliable, everbearing raspberry may be summarized as follows: 



1. It is the earliest of all red raspberries; beginning to ripen at Monmouth from Tune 15th to 20th — just as 

 the strawberry crop is waning. 



2. It is wonderfully prolific; the first or main crop being far greater than that of any other red variety k»own, 

 (equalling the most prolific black cap or purple cane sort). 



3. It gives a crop of fruit all summer and autumn, fruiting on the old canes in generous quantities until late 

 in August. By this date, berries begin to ripen upon the young, i. e., current year's canes, which continue to 

 produce berries in increasing numbers until late autumn; in fact, until severe frosts occur. 



4. The berries are bright crimson, of large size and of surpassing quality — rich, sugary with full raspberry 

 flavor. They are of exceedingly meaty, firm texture and keep in good Jindition longer, after being gathered, than 

 any other red raspberry. As a shipper it is unexcelled. 



5. The canes are of stocky, strong growth with a great abundance of dark green leathery leaves, that nerer 

 scald nor sunburn. 



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