Sf rawlK'rrics nuti Mow to Gutvr TItern 



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Cardinal I Imp) — Kvci-x- since the orij^imtiou of Tlic r;ir<liii;il, we luive 

 read of itH remarkable iH'odnctiveiH'os }iu(l strou;^ (|nalities with jj^reat in- 

 terest, ami. we con feKs. we \v< re somewhat of a »loul>tin;; TliomaK. We 

 liardly believed it possible tliat any va^'lety conh^l be as j^ood as the Cardi- 

 nal was sai<i to be. IJefore ofierin<i- any of tiie i)Iants forsale to <fur friends 

 we decide 1 to make a tlioronuh test of this variety, and so planted them in 

 onr experimental IkmIs. matiiii; them with Stevens' Lnte Champion. From 

 the tinie the jiinnts weiv set we watclied their (leyelopment closely, and 

 tlieir lar;;-e(laJk-.ureen and ,i;ioss.\ foliage convrneed lis that they pc^sse.ssed 



200 Acres of Planes as Good as the Above Cut 



extraonliiiavN- jxisver as f(>]in,i.;r in;ik( fs. ^^■llell the plantscame "ntobloom 

 the mas>jv<> fo',i;iu,-e was nhnost liidden by the whiti* tlowci-s. and notwith- 

 st.-Midin;:- 1 h( f;i(t t lia I we ha-i nnmeroiis s(>vere frosts while tiny were in 

 fall bhxtm. we f;i iled 1 o discover a blossom thai had l)eeii affected by the 

 frost, liut when thefniii be^an to ripen wcknew then that lui If had never 

 been told of t he viii ne of tlie Cardiual. The frnit i;rows in clusters like 

 idierries. the berries are ver\ lai-.m'. of a deep cardlfinl-red. with vi^y dark 

 tjenli; ha v.- a dellcions tia V(M* and will stand shippin*;- w. II. KviTy experi- 

 ment station in iheconniry where Cardinal has b^en tested has i-efMU'ted it 



