STOCK DEIilVEHED IN GOOD CONDITION. 
THE HANSELL. 
THE JEARLIE8T REIt RASPBERRY. 
" It stands single and alone, above all competition." — Judge Parry. 
As the Brandy wine lias for some years been the leading market berry, we for 
convenience will compare the Hansell witli that well known sort : 
1st. In karmness. It is at least ten days earlier than the Brandywine, 
This alone would make it a great acquisition. 
2d. It is I'EiiPBOTLT HARDY. It passcd the severe winter of 1880-'81 unin- 
jured, while Brandywine alongside suffered severely. It appears to be as hardy 
as the Turner. 
3d. It is OP LARGE SIZE — larger than Brandywine. equally as good a ship- 
per, as good color, and of much better quality. 
4th. It is more productive— plants in the same field, and under the same 
cultivation, yielding one-third more fruit. 
5th. It commands a higher price. In 1880 the berries brought 23 cents 
a pint ; in 1881, 20 cents ; in 1 883, 20 cents. There were no other red raspberries 
in the market to compete with them. 
6th. When the productiveness of the plants and the price the fruit has fetched 
are considered, it will be seen that it is, under like condition, worth morje than 
double the Brandywine to the planter. 
In conclusion : Our plants are direct from the original plantation, in Burling- 
ton County, New Jersey, and we can vouch for their purity and health. This'is 
the first season it has been offered to tlie public, and we feel a pardonable pride 
in being instrumental in placing so valuable a fruit on the market. 
"The Hansell Raspberry. — This is represented as an acciuental seedling, 
found on the farm of Hansell Bros., near Beverly, N. J. This season the first 
berries were gathered on tlie 4th of June; the picking for market was made on 
the 11th of June. A company of the moit eminent fruit growers of New Jereey 
met on the farm, examined the fruit, and unanimously agreed that in addition to 
many other good points as a market fruit, it was the earliest red raspberry 
known." — The Gardener's Monthly. 
The Hansell Raspbekry. — "This remarkable raspberry originated wiili 
the late James S. Hansell, a noted fruit grower in Burlington county, N. Jersey, 
some eight years ago, and ripens in advance of all others, whether black, red, 
yellow or purple. It was ripe in 1880 on the 4th of .lune, and in 1881 on June 
11th. The past backward season, when nearly everything was two weeks later 
in ripening than usual, it was ripe on the 20th of June— in all instances ten days 
in advance of the Brandywine, growing beside it, with the same treatment; It 
may be described as follows ; — Canes, very hardy and of vigorous growth and 
production ; coloi-, brightest crimson ; size, medium to large ; texture, very firm, 
having been shipped four hundred miles in good condition : quality, best — unsur- 
passed ; season, extra early. Owing to its extreme earliness and other good 
qualities, it is confidently believed to be tlie most desirable and valuable rasp- 
berry in existence. With the originator, who amassed a large fortune by fruit 
culture, it has been so profitnble that he continued extending his plantations, until 
at the time of his deatli he had over ten acres of it g,rowing, while his successors 
are still planting more. A noted fruit grower, in speaking of it a few days ago, 
said : 'Judging it as one would an animal, I think there is no other raspberry 
that will^core so many points."— ^'arm and Oarden. 
