R.. G. CHASE «Sc CO. 
NEW RslSrSERRIES. 
Alden (Ohio.)— This new Black Cap variety has been extensively grown in "Wayne 
Co., N. Y., under the name of Ohio. Owing to its great value as an evaporating fruit, its 
name, on the recommendation of the Pomological Society, has been changed to Alden. ^ 
The growers 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. 
A little less than three quarts of the berries will make a pound of dried fruit. We have 
no hesitation in recommending the Alden as the most valuable raspberry for evaporating- 
Golden Caroline.— Chas. Downing says: "This fine new raspberry is supposed to 
be a seedling of Brinckle's Orange and a Golden Cap. Canes very strong, vigorous, 
sometimes branching. It is very prolific and is an acquisition worthy of a place in 
every home garden, but it is too soft to ship. Fruit quite large; deep orange yellow in 
color, flesh juicy, sweet, rich and of good quality. It continues a long time in use," 
Hansen.— The Hansell is a chance seedling that has been fruited by the originators 
in Burlington Co,, N. J., for six or seven years. They have tested it beside the Brandy- 
wine and it has proved to be hardier, more productive, as good a shipper, of better 
quality, and from a week to ten days earlier than that berry. It may be described as 
follows: color, brightest crimson; size, medium to large; texture, very firm; having been 
shipped four hundred miles in good condition; quality, best— season, extra early. 
The Bancocas.— This berry might with propriety have been named Early Cuth- 
bert. It stands among the earliest ripening sorts where the Cuthbert does among the 
late. The bush is very vigorous, throwing out numerous fruiting branches, giving it 
the appearance of a miniature tree; its productiveness cannot be excelled, and it has that 
most valuable quality in a market berry of ripening its fruit in a short space of time. 
Ten days from the first picking finds the crop gone. As a shipper it equals the Hansell, 
which is saying enough ; in its season of ripening, it must be ranked with the Hansell, 
ten days ahead of the Brandywine; the color is a bright red. It is bound to be the 
great market berry of the future. It has suflncient vigor to thrive on light as well as on 
heavy soils. It has been called and aptly called "the busy man's and the lazy man's 
l)erry." It originated on the same farm as the Hansell. We esteem ourselves fortunate 
in being the introducers of this valuable raspberry. 
The Quality of our Small Fruits. 
Our stock of Wachusett plants we believe to be the best in the country. A leading 
small fruit grower says :— "Root cutting plants are so much superior that fruit growers 
who have once planted them will not use suckers at any price. I would rather have one 
hundred root cutting plants than two hundred suckers." Only one required to a hill. 
Our Alden, and Golden Caroline, will have been once transplanted and finely rooted. 
Rancocas and Hansell will be heavy, finely rooted bushes. One hundred of them are 
good for one hundred hillB. Ordinary plants usually require two to the hill. 
