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RASPBERRIES. 



October. I obtained this variety from a London nursery, 

 under the title of Rubus pennsylvanicus, but have since found 

 it to be identical with plants received from the forests of the 

 State of Maine. 



CANADA RED. Fr. cat. 



Ruhus canadensis, Pr. Cat. 



This fruit is of medium size, being about as large as the 

 Common Red, to which in point of quality it assimilates more 

 nearly than to any other. It possesses a high and rather 

 peculiar flavour. The canes are very thickly set with brown- 

 ish spines, which extend from their base to the extremities. I 

 first noticed this variety growing along the road sides, a few 

 miles from Montreal,where the plants are to be met with in great 

 abundance. The fruit is collected from them by the country 

 people, and large quantities sold in the markets. 



TALL RED CANE. Pr. cat. 



This variety produces good crops ; the fruit is of a round 

 form, of good size and quality, but not of a high flavour ; the 

 berries detach themselves so easily from the hull when fully 

 ripe, that if not gathered in time, very many of them fall to 

 the ground. The canes are covered at the base and the ex- 

 tremities with numerous fine spines or hairs, out these are 

 much more sparsely set on the intermediate portion of the 

 shoots. 



SHORT-JOINTED CANE. Pk. cat. 



The canes of this variety are almost spineless, and are pe- 

 culiar on that account, as well as for the closeness of the joints. 

 There are a few small spines on the peduncles and on the mid- 

 rib of each leaf. The fruit is of a pleasant taste, rather larger 

 than the Common Red, but not quite equal in size to the kind 

 last described, though it is superior to it in flavour. The ber- 

 ries part very easily from the hull when they have attained 

 their full maturity. This and the preceding variety are later 

 in ripening than the Common Red, and produce good crops. 



