RASPBEBRY. 



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Fio'. 



<o.— BELLE DE PALLUAU. 



has rather reduced than enlarged the illustration of spec- 

 imens placed in his hands. 



Brinckle^s Orang^e,— See Orange. 



BuiiiDgtoao — Large ; same color as the Eed Antwerp. 

 Originated by the late Benjamin Prosser, of Burlington, 

 New Jersey. 



Belle de Palluaii.— (Fig. 73.)— Very large ; obtuse- 

 conical ; grains large, regular ; light bright crimson, 



separates freely from 

 the core, sab-acid, juicy, 

 Yery good, moderately 

 firm; canes very strong; 

 spines short, purple, not 

 very numerous ; leaves 

 medium, deep green ; 

 lobes broadly ovate ; 

 serraturei very regular 

 and sharp pointed; very productive, and will probably 

 become a valuable market variety. Eequires protection 

 in winter. From France. 



Clarke.— (Fig. 74.) — Large ; roundish-conical ; light 

 crimson ; grains medium ; very sweet, rich, and high 

 flavored ; parts freely from the 

 core ; moderately firm ; canes 

 very strong and stocky, erect, 

 more or less branching ; spines 

 white, the ends slightly colored, 

 rigid, numerous at the base of the 

 canes, scattering, and few above; 

 leaves very large, thick, rather 

 flat, deep green above, and silvery 

 white beneath, coarsely and un- 

 evenly serrate ; very productive ; 

 moderately hardy. Kaised from seed by E. E. Clarke, 

 New Haven, Conn., in 1856, 



Fig. 74.— CLAKKE. 



