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CHASE NURSERIES. 
Snyder. — Medium size; one of the most productive varieties; perfectly hardy; strong 
grower; nearly thornless; delicious quality; desirable for home use or the market. 
Stone's Hardy. — An upright, vigorous grower, stocky and very hardy. The berry 
is a glossy black, has no hard core, and is delicious in flavor. A week later than Snyder. 
Wilson's Early. — Very large size, oblong, oval, black; quite firm; rich, sweet and 
good; ripens early and matures all its fruit rapidly. Bush tender and subject to disease. 
Wilson Jr. — A seedling of "Wilson's Early, ripening a week earlier than that variety; 
fruit of the largest size; bush vigorous and healthy. 
Wachusett Thornless. — Fruit medium to large, oblong, oval, moderately firm, 
sweet and good, and less acid than any blackberry we have seen. It is a good keeper, ships 
well, and is therefore valuable as a market berry. The plant requires fair soil and good 
culture. The bearing canes have few or no thorns. Bipens with Kittatinny. 
RASPBERRIES. 
Easpberries are divided into two classes: Bed varieties and Black Caps. The former 
are reproduced by suckers and root cuttings; the latter from the tips. The Bed varieties 
succeed on almost all kinds of soils, but do not do as well on heavy clay as on lighter ground ; 
while the Black Caps do better on heavy than on sandy soil. 
Alden (Ohio.) — This Black Cap variety is extensively grown in Western N. Y., under 
the name of Ohio. Owing to its great value as an evaporating fruit, its name, on the rec- 
ommendation of the American Fomological Society, has been changed to Alden. The grow- 
ers have found the bush to be hardy, vigorous and productive; berry of good size, bright 
black color and remarkably firm. When dried it retains its form perfectly. 
Brandywine. — A bright scarlet berry, firm, carries well. Bipens after Eancocas. 
Cuthbert. — (Queen of the Market.) — Plant a vigorous grower, attaining a height 
of five or six feet ; very productive and perfectly hardy. Foliage luxuriant and tough, 
never burning.. Berry of largest size, good quality, and carries well. Bipens late. 
□oolittle's Improved Black Cap. — Productive and valuable for market purposes. 
Fruit large, hemispherical; black; rich, brisk, sub-acid flavor. 
Gregg- — One of the largest Black Caps grown; quality rich and sweet. A perfect 
shipper. Bush hardy and wonderfully productive. Bipens rather late. 
Golden Caroline. — Canes prolific, very strong, vigorous, usually branching. Fruit 
quite large; color deep orange yellow; flesh juicy, sweet, rich, best. Bipens immediately 
after Eancocas, and continues in use a long time. It is an acquisition worthy of a place in 
every garden. Too soft to ship but profitable for local markets. 
Hansell. — Color, bright crimson, size, medium to large; texture very firm; quality, 
best. Season, extra early. Bush a moderate grower; suckers freely. 
Herstine. — Large, roundish, conical; light crimson; moderately firm; parts from the 
core; rich and highly perfumed. Desirable for home use. 
