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quality, firmer, handsomer, and in all respects an improvement on that well- 

 known kind. The bushes are more compact in growth, very free from prickles, 

 and have a sturdy, hardy appearance. 



Stock on hand : One original bush (very large), twenty -eight bearing- 

 bushes, and fifty or more suckers. Price, $300. 



"All the things we have received from yon have turned out genuine, and just what 

 3'ou represented them. You must indeed be a benefactor in raising so many valuable 

 fruits. Your name will be handed down to posterity." 



D. Hay & Son, 



Auckland, New Zealand. 



Gregg. Marlboro. Dictator Lovett. Davidson's 



(Life-size Photograph). Thornless. 



Hybrid Berry. 



*' Dictator." 



A mammoth bright red berry, which combines in itself the flavors of the 

 Gregg and Shaffer's Colossal, from which it sprang. The combination is one 

 of the happiest, as the acidity of one is modified by the sweetness and aroma 

 of the other. The plant is quite a strong growing variety, resembling Shaffer's 

 Colossal most, 3'et the canes are shorter. The berries average more than three 

 times larger than Gregg and almost twice as large as Shaffer's Colossal, the 

 largest Raspberry before known. 



Stock : One original plant and a few suckers. Price, $300. 



" You have another berry that attracts my admiration ; you have labeled it " Giant." In 

 color the berr\- resembles Cuthbert Raspberry, while the foliage seems more like the Black- 

 berry on the upper side, with the under side like the Raspberry ; it also has the advantage 

 of being nearly destitute of prickles. If this variety proves to be a good grower it cer- 

 tainly deserves attention." ' H. E. Van Deman, 



Pomologist, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



Hybrid Raspberry. 



S. S.— 147. 



This is the first practical cross of the cap and sucker Raspberries ever 

 made, and noberrj- has ever been introduced which so delightfull}' combines 

 the best flavors and aromas of both of these species. 



All the plants from the first cross were almost or quite totally barren 

 though vigorous beyond belief. The second generation gave man}' curious 

 forms, colors, flavors, etc. The third generation, from the best of these, gave 

 me this and the next mentioned berry. The seedlings of these improved ones 

 are now proving to be generally fertile and productive. 



