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Sherman Nursery Company, Charles City, Iowa 
RASPBERRIES, continued 
Columbian. New. Purple; very vig- 
orous grower; canes often ten to sixteen 
feet in length and more than one inch in 
diameter; very hardy. Fruit large and 
delicious for table or canning. Excellent 
shipper. Grown from tips or sprouts. 
Cuthbert (Queen of the Market). Me- 
dium to large, conical, deep rich crimson; 
very firm, sweet and good; hardy. Sea- 
son medium to late. Unquestionably one 
of the best varieties for market on account 
of its prolific-bearing quality. 
Gregg. One of the most valuable va- 
rieties of the blackcap family; fruit very 
much larger than the Mammoth Cluster, 
but not quite so good in quality; ripens 
some days later; hardy. A vigorous 
grower and great yielder. 
Hilborn. A strong, vigorous plant; 
growing taller than the Older. Berry 
large, black and of fine quality. This 
variety has done best of all on our grounds. 
Its blossoms mature late and are seldom 
caught by the frost. 
Kansas (Blackcap). A valuable early 
variety; very large, handsome, firm and 
of excellent quality; very hardy and 
productive. One of the best blackcaps. 
King. Pronounced the best early red 
Raspberry by many of the leading horti- 
culturists. Plant a strong grower, very 
hardy and productive. Berry is firm, a 
good shipper; large size; beautiful bright 
scarlet color; ripens with the earliest. 
Prof. W. J. Green, of Ohio Experiment 
Station, says: "King has proved the best 
early red Raspberry. It is large, bright 
red, quite firm, and of good quality." 
Loudon. This variety originated at 
Janesville, Wisconsin, and is usually 
considered the best of all red Raspberries 
for the extreme North. It is reported 
perfectly hardy at St. Paul. Fruit large, 
good color and of fine quality. Very 
productive. 
Older. A new blackcap of large size, 
which originated in .Buchanan county, 
Iowa. Thought by some who know it, 
to be the best of the black varieties. 
Shaffer's Colossal. This variety re- 
sembles the Columbian in fruit and is 
one that has been highly esteemed, but 
of late years the canes have been so in- 
fested with fungus and insect pests that 
the variety has been practically dis- 
carded. The Columbian is practically 
the same in fruit, and better in every 
other way. 
Sunbeam. The first of our many thou- 
sands of Raspberry seedlings to be named. 
First sent out, spring 1906. Female parent 
a wild red Raspberry, from Cavalier 
county. North Dakota, near the Mani- 
toba line. Male parent, Shaffer's Colossal, 
from New York. Plant extremely vigor- 
ous, productive, purple-caned, sprouts 
freely. Fruit of fair size and quality. 
Worthy of trial where Raspberries winter- 
kill as it has endured 41° below zero 
without protection. It endured last winter 
perfectly at Bismarck, North Dakota, 
without protection, and other good re- 
ports have been received. 
Turner. One of the sweetest of berries; 
bright crimson in color, and perfectly 
hardy. A good bearer. 
Blackberries 
We grow our Blackberry plants from root-cuttings, and in this way get plants 
with plenty of fibrous roots, which make sure the growing of the plant. In fruiting 
patches of Blackberries there will spring up many plants from the root, and these are 
the plants that are usually dug up and sent out to the trade. They have but few, if 
any, fibrous roots, and are much more apt to die when planted, and will not make 
the growth after planting that the plants will when grown from root-cuttings. Valu- 
able for market purposes. 
Ancient Briton. This has been much planted for many years in Wisconsin, and 
has proved one of the most profitable fruits for market growing. Plant hardy and 
very productive; fruit large and sweet. 
Rathbun. A strong, erect grower, with strong stem branching freely; will root 
from tip of branches like a raspberry. Forms a neat, compact bush, four to five feet 
high, producing its immense fruit abundantly. Fruit is sweet and luscious, without 
hard core; of extra-high flavor; jet-black, small seeds; firm enough to ship and handle 
well. Very large size, resembling the Wilson and fully equal to that grand variety. 
Snyder. One of the hardiest and best known sorts grown in the West. Fruit 
large and of good quality when fully ripe; very vigorous and productive. Ripens but 
little later than Early Harvest. 
