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Cuthbert Raspberries. I doubt if there is any variety that will surpass it 



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Kansas (Black). For a good, second-early black- 

 cap there is nothing better than this. It possesses 

 all the valuable attributes of a profitable market 

 sort, and its large size and attractive appearance 

 insure for it always a ready sale and good prices. 

 The fruit is nearly as large as the Gregg and with 

 much less bloom; handsome, firm and of fine 

 quality. Its canes are of strong growth, entirely 

 hardy and prolific, with tough, healthy, clean foliage. 



King ("Red). Undoubtedly the best of the early 

 red varieties, and unites earliness with large size. 

 Bright scarlet color, flesh firm; good quality and 

 productive. It makes a vigorous growth, and is 

 very hardy. Its lively, bright color and firmness 

 make it a favorite with those who grow red Rasp- 

 berries for market. It is very hardy, standing cold 

 and heat where many others fail. 



Royal Purple. Claimed 

 to be the greatest ad- 

 vance yet made in pur- 

 ple Raspberries. The 

 Royal Purple originated 

 in Indiana with a grower 

 who says: "It surpasses 

 anything I have ever 

 seen in the Raspberry 

 line." The original bush 

 stands in a stiff blue-grass 

 sod and has borne thir- 

 teen successive crops, and 

 some of the time in win- 

 ters the mercury has gone 

 35 degrees below zero. 

 The bushes, of healthy 

 growth, bear the largest 

 berries of any I have 

 seen, and so far as I can 

 tell from one-year plants 

 it bears out the origi- 

 nator's description. The 

 canes are model growers, 

 vigorous and healthy. The 

 color of the bark is a 



deep rich red, unlike Columbian or Shaffer, and 

 the canes are smooth except near the roots. Pickers 

 can go through these bushes and gather fruit 

 without tearing or scratching their skin. The ber- 

 ries are large, purple in color, very firm, good keepers 

 and shippers. They pick easily from the bushes and 

 can be gathered before fully ripe if wanted when 

 the color is more attractive. It is firm enough to 

 be handled and shipped to near market in quart 

 baskets. They do not crumble when picked, and 

 present a better appearance in the basket than 

 most purple sorts. One strong point in their favor 

 is the season of ripening, which is fully two weeks 

 later than the Columbian for the bulk of the crop. 

 Wit h me, this season, it has been giving quite a 

 few berries all summer after the regular crop was 

 passed. This berry has all the qualifications to make 

 it a good seller. You should give it a trial this spring. 



Cumberland. One of the best of the blackcaps 



