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BLLWANGER & BARRTS 



RASPBERRIES. 



To teep a raspberry bed in g-ood productive eoudition, 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 ma- 

 nure 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 ever- 

 greens. 



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

 Price, 75 cents per dozen, $3.00 per 100, except avhere noted. 



FOREIGN VARIETIES AND THEIR SEEDLINGS OF AMERICAN ORIGIN. 



f;^~All the varieties in this class require protection in winter. 

 Antwerp, Yellow or AVliite— Fruit large, pale yellow; sweet and rich; a beautiful and excellent fruit; canes 



thickly covered with greenish spines. 50c. per doz., $2.00 per 100. 

 CUamplain (new) — Originated from seed of the Wliite Antwerp which 



it resembles in color and size of fruit. A stronger grower and 



more prolific than the parent. In quality ranks as best ; superior 



to Caroline or Golden Queen. (See cut.) "Valuable for the amateur. 



50c. per dozen, $2.00 per 100. 

 Clarke — Large, light red; moderately firm; high flavored; a strong 



grower ; productive and very hardy. One of the best red raspber- 

 ries for home use. oOc. per doz., $2.00 per 100. 

 Pastolf— Large, purplish red ; rather soft ; juicy ; high flavored ; iiro- 



ductive ; very desirable for home use. 

 Foutenay (Belle de Fontenay, Henrietta, Amazon)— Very large, round- 

 ish, 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 cvjt to the 



ground in Spring. The best autumnal bearing variety. 

 Franconia — Large, purplish red ; juicy, a little acid, but of fine 



quality ; canes strong- and productive ; season medium to late. 

 Herstine— Fruit lai'ge ; oblong ; crimson, moderately- firm ; juicy, fiavor 



sub-acid and very good ; an abundant bearer ; season early to 



medium ; one of the best. 50c. -per dozen, $2.00 per 100. 

 Hornet — A French variety, very large, conical; crimson red. Of the 



best quality ; a vigorous, upright grower ; season late ; vaUiabU Champlain. (Natural size). 



for home use. $1.00 per doz. 



Hudson River Antwerp — Fruit large, conical ; red, with a slight bloom ; flesh firm, and of excellent quaUty. Its 

 productiveness and firmness of flesh render it one of the most popular market varieties. 



