RASPBERHY. 



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Caroline. — Very large ; globular ; pale buff or yellow, 

 with slight bloom ; juicy^ with a sub-acid flLayor. Ex- 

 cellent for one of its class. This is claimed to be a hybrid 

 between the Catawissr. and Brinckle's Orange^ but I think 

 this is doubtful, as it is far jrotq hardy and vigorous than 

 either of the alleged parents, and the canes and leaves 

 show it to be a genuine offspring of Ritius occidentalis. 

 It is certainly one of the best, if not the very best, of the 

 Yellow Cap varieties. The plants produce a few suckers 

 from the roots, and this characteristic is cited as proof of 

 its being a hybrid. Originated with Mr. E. W. Carpen- 

 ter, of Eye, N. Y. 



Davisoa^s Thoraless, {Thornless Blade (7«^j».)— About 



the same size and shape as the American Improved, but a 

 week or ten days earlier. Canes strong and quite stocky, 

 smooth, except a very few small straight spines near the 

 base and an occasional one on the leaf-stalk. The thorn- 

 less character of the plant is certainly a decided improve- 

 ment upon those which produce thorns in such abundance 

 as do some others. Originated in the garden of Mrs. 

 Mercy Davison, in the village of Gowanda, IST. Y. ; intro- 

 duced to the public in 1866, by Joseph Sinton, Angola, 

 Erie County, N. Y. 



Gregg. — Berry very large ; black, with bloom ; flavor 

 about the same as that of all the best sorts, but not supe- 

 rior ; ripens late, and with the McCormick ; plant vig- 

 orous and productive. Found growing wild in a ravine 

 on the Gregg farm, Ohio Co., Indiana, in 1866. This 

 variety has been highly extolled, and while I am ready 

 to admit that it is a valuable variety of Black-cap Rasp- 

 berry, I fail to see that it is in any way superior to many 

 other older and well known sorts. 



McCormick. {Large Miami, Mammoth Cluster.) — 

 Very large ; black, covered with a whitish bloom. One 

 of the very largest and best sorts in cultivation, ripening 



