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ripening about one week earlier. Highly recommended 

 by the introducer for market. 



Earharti {Everlearing,) — From the few specimens of 

 fruit and plants, that I have seen of this variety I think 

 it does not differ very greatly from the old Ohio Ever- 

 bearing, described on page 152. It is said to have been 

 found in Illinois about sixteen years ago. Berries large, 

 jet black, and excellent in quality. The old canes bear a 

 crop at the usual season, and the tips of the young shoots 

 are loaded with berries in autumn. If the Earhart 

 proves to be as hardy and prolific as the Ohio Everbear- 

 ing it will be well worth cultivating by persons who are 

 so fond of black raspberries, as to want them in^ season 

 and out of season. 



Hilborn* — A new variety from Ohio, of which little is 

 known, except what is said of it by the introducer, who 

 claims that it is one of the best as yet introduced. 



Ilopkin's. — Very much like the Mammoth Cluster, but 

 as early as the Doolittle, and not quite so prolific as the 

 Souhegan. 



Nemaha. — One of our most extensive cultivators of 

 the Easpberry says that this new variety is almost 

 identical with the Gregg," but he thinks the plants are 

 more hardy. This may be an advantage in extreme 

 northern localities, but scarcely worth attention else- 

 where. 



Ohio, or Alden. — A variety closely resembling, if not 

 identical with the Seneca, described on page 152. It has 

 long been a favorite with cultivators in Central Xew 

 York. 



Souhegan or Tjier.— Fruit very large, black, with 

 light bloom, good flavor, one of the very earliest of the 

 very large varieties. Plant vigorous, hardy, and exceed- 

 ingly productive. 



