REPORT ON RASPBERRIES. 



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male perianth of 4 oval segments, about 3 lines long, reflexed 

 upon the pedicel, united and forming a cup at the base ; 

 staminal column about the length of the perianth-segments, 

 head of anthers 1 line diameter. Female perianth like the 

 male, stigma sessile. Capsule coriaceous, f-in. long, 4-valved, 

 each valve crowned by a lobe of the stigma. Hab. : Somerset, 

 Cape York Peninsula, Frank L. Jardine. 



KEPORT ON RASPBERRIES, CHISWICK, 1898. 



A collection of fourteen varieties of Raspberries were procured 

 from Messrs. Geo. Bunyard & Co., Maidstone, in the autumn of 

 1896. They were all planted in the coolest and most moist 

 portion of the garden, and with one exception (No. 2) the whole 

 made very good growth and bore excellent crops of fruit in 1898. 

 The plants have also been entirely free from any insect pests. 



F.C.C.=First Class Certificate. 



1. Baumforth's Seedling. — Five medium-sized leaflets on 

 each leaf stalk. Fruit produced in moderate clusters ; berries 

 nearly round, deep crimson in colour, fair in flavour. A moderate 

 grower and bearer, with comparatively few spines on the wood. 



2. Beaconsfield. F.C.C. 1883. — Not a success at Chiswick, 

 growing and cropping badly. 



3. Blanche Souchet. — Five rather large leaflets on each leaf 

 stalk. Fruit produced in small clusters ; berries round, yellow in 

 colour, good flavour. A moderate grower and bearer ; wood 

 thickly studded with spines. 



4. Carter's Prolific. — Five large broad leaflets on each leaf 

 stalk. Fruit produced in big clusters ; berries large, bluntly 

 pointed, deep red in colour, rather sweet in flavour ; a sturdy 

 dwarf-growing variety and heavy cropper. Rabbits are fond of 

 eating the woody parts of this variety in severe winter. 



5. Four Seasons' Yellow. — A dwarf-growing yellow-fruited 

 variety, valuable for its fruiting in the late autumn. During 

 October and November, 1897, it produced a heavy crop of very 

 sweet fruit. 



6. Hornet. F.C.C. July 9, 1889.— Five large leaflets on each 

 leaf stalk, the lobes being sharply pointed. Fruit produced in 

 great clusters ; berries round, very large, deep crimson colour. 



