J. T. Lovett Co. — Raspberries. 



OIjDER,— We have now fruited Lbls black cap two seasons and And it a variety worthy of more than 

 passing notice, being one of the very 

 tew entirely distinct blackcaps that 

 have appeared in a long time. In fruit, 

 cane and foliage it is so unlike any oth- 

 er variety as to be noticeable at a 

 glance. In size it is large to very large, 

 rivaling, though not equaling, the 

 Gregg, is almost destitute of bloom up- 

 on the fruit, hence very black, and al- 

 though firm is of superior, rich and 

 high quality. In growth of cane and 

 productiveness it may be compared to 

 the Souhegan. Season, second' early, 

 ripening with the Ohio, or with third 

 picking of the Doolittle class. It seems 

 to possess peculiar endurance, suffering 

 less from drought than others, and al- 

 ways vigorous and free from disease. 

 It is from Iowa, where it has endured 

 a temperature of 35° below zero unin- 

 jured. The berries are unusually flat 

 in form, measure % to an inch in di- 

 ameter, are coal black— the only black- 

 cap entirely without bloom yet pro- 

 duced. The seeds are smaller than in 

 other varieties and the berries cling 

 firmly to the bush even when over-ripe. 

 Especially valuable for sections sub- 

 ject to extremes of cold or drought. A 

 Small Fruit Grower of long experience 

 in Illinois, whose word can be relied on 

 writes us in regard to it as follows: 



I grow five varieties of blackcap raspberries, but I only have one quarter of an acre of the Older in 

 bearing. My Older vines are not on over rich soil and they had no cultivation during the spring or 

 summer but were well cared for after fruiting the year before. Last season was one of heat and drought; 

 while berries were growing and ripening it was exceedingly hot and dry. The mercury stood 96 in the 

 shade for four consecutive days and all my cap berries, except the Older, formed into hard balls smaller 

 than buckshot and almost as bard, so that not one berry in twenty was flt to pick. My Older vines had 

 three times as much bearing surface as any other variety; the limbs lay over each other like shingles on 

 a roof, yet they were covered with a mass of very large, coal-black fruit. The berries were actually 

 in such masses that I could run my hands under the canes and pick them off by the double handfuls; I 

 think I filled quart boxes in less than three minutes. Not one solitary berry dried up or was of small size; 

 in fact the fruit was larger and better during the last half of the picking season than the first. I had 



four and five pickers at them, and they could not get 

 over my one-fourth acre in two days, and then they 

 would go over them again. They held good for two 

 weeks, and when I got through there was not a dry 

 berry on the patch. My rows of Older stand three to 

 three and a half feet high and about four feet through. 

 My commission merchant has been selling fruit for 

 fifteen years, and he told me it is the finest and best 

 cap raspberry he ever saw. He sold the whole crop 

 for 123^c. per box, others sold for 5c. and 6c. per box. 

 Doz. 50c; 100 $3.00; 1000 ^20,00. 



KANSAS.— A new black cap from Kansas and 

 beyond doubt of great value. Its canes are of strong 

 growth, very hardy ind prolific; with tough, healthy 

 clean foliage. The berries are as large or larger 

 than Gre^g with less bloom, handsome, firm and of 

 excellent quality. Its season may be termed second 

 early, ripening after Souhegan, but much earlier 

 than Gregg. In view of its good behavior with us 

 Kansas. and the good record it has made wherever fruited. It 



merits at least, general trial. Doz., $2.00, 100, $12.00. 



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