EASPBERRIES. 



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ing Lion, Shakspeare, -Sportsman, Top Sawyer, "Wine- 

 berrj, Young's Wonderful. 



2. IVhi^. — Chorister, Fleur de Lis, Leigh's Toper, 

 Queen Caroline, Smiling Beauty, Whitesmith, Welling- 

 ton's Glory, White Muslin, etc. 



3. Green. — ^Berrier's Greenwood, Chipendale's Con- 

 quering Hero, Green Mountain, Green Yale, Green Wil- 

 low, Green Ocean, Lidependent, Jolly Cutler, Massey's 

 Heart of Oak, Profit. 



4. Yellow. — ^Bunker Hill, Capper's Early Sulphur, Gol- 

 den Drop, Husbandman, etc. 



5. Houghton? 8 Seedling . — Eaised in Massachusetts from 

 the seed of a native variety ; it is small and rather indif- 

 ferent in flavor, but is not subject to the mildew, and 

 bears most abundantly, small, oval, dull brownish red. 



The following sorts were recommended by the Pomo- 

 iogical Congress : Houghton's Seedling, Whitesmith, 

 Crownbob, Red Champagne, Warrington, Laurel, Iron- 

 monger, Early Sulphm-, Green Gage, Green Walnut. 



Section 10. — Select Raspbeeeies. 



1. Antwerp^ Red, — ^This is an excellent variety, and 

 very popular in market ; three quarters of an acre of land 

 on the Hudson, planted with it, have yielded $330 ; and 

 three acres in the same locality, $1,500 in one season. 

 The berry is large,^ conical, dark red, rich and juicy; canes 

 have a few small, purple spines. 



2. Antwerp., Yellow or White. — Fruit large, pale yel- 

 low, sweet and rich ; a beautiful and excellent fruit, but 

 not so firm and so well adapted to marketing as the pre- 

 ceding ; canes thickly covered with greenish spines. 



3. Fastolff. — ^Fruit larger and rounder than the Red 

 Antwerp, but rathei^softer ; of a purplish red, canes more 

 ^piny ; vjry hardy and productive. 



