C. W . Stuart Company, Nurserymen 
Select Raspberries 
SET RASPBERRIES in rows that will admit of free cultivating. Five or six feet one 
way, by two or three feet the other way allows enough room. Any good, strong, mellow 
soil, that is not too wet, and which has been deeply pulverized, will raise good raspberries. 
The canes which grow in one season bear the next. As soon as done fruiting, remove the old 
canes to allow the new ones full use of the land. Varieties which sucker very freely must have 
the suckers hoed away when they first appear above ground, otherwise they will not fruit so 
heavily. 
Black Diamond. Black. Time of ripen- 
ing here, first half of July. The Black 
Diamond has shown itself to be the 
most profitable black Raspberry in the 
world. It is sweeter than anything else 
on the market, more pulpy, and con- 
tains fewer seeds; at the same time is 
Black Diamond. 
firm and an A No. 1 shipper. It is a 
grand berry for drying, and dried ber- 
ries being a jet black, and containing 
all the richness, fine flavor and sweet- 
ness of the fresh fruit. 
Both the fresh and dried fruit com- 
mand a high price on the market. We 
are offered 2 cents per pound more for 
our Black Diamond dried fruit than is 
being paid for choice fruit of other varie- 
ties. As our mature plants have yielded 
over 5,000 quarts per acre, this difference 
alone means per acre. 
For health and vigor of plant, it can- 
not be surpassed. We have not seen 
one single stalk of Black Diamond af- 
fected with anthracnose. We never have 
to spray the Black Diamond, while 
other varietie.s, side by side with it, lose 
from an eighth to a quarter of their grow- 
ing wood by funKu.s. One of the secrets 
of its great success is its ability to with- 
stand the attacks of fungus. 
Columbian. Purplish red. July 12 to early 
August here. A seedling of the Cuth- 
bert grown near the Gregg blackcap 
Raspberry, and believed to be a cross 
between the two. Very hardy, endur- 
ing 28 degrees below zero without harm. 
Wonderfully prohfic. 
A fine evaporating berry, retaining 
color, form and flavor in a most remark- 
able degree, and selling for fully one- 
third more than black caps. 
An e.xcellent shipper. For canning 
purposes it holds its form, is of a beau- 
tiful color, is sweet and rich in flavor, 
and shrinks very little in canning. 
Fruit very large; shape somewhat 
conical; color dark red, bordering on 
purple; adheres firmly to the stem, and 
will dry on the bush if not picked; does 
not drop off, like other berries. Seed 
small, and deeply imbedded in a rich, 
juicy pulp, with a distinct flavor of its 
own, making it a most delicious table 
berry. Fruiting season is very uniform, 
extending from July 12 to early August. 
Cuthbert. Red. Reports from all parts of 
the country uniformly rank the Cuth- 
bert high. It is a tall, vigorous grower, 
very productive and hardy, and remains 
in fruit a long time. Berries large, con- 
ical, deep crimson, very firm and of ex- 
cellent quality. 
Cumberland. In size and fruit is enor- 
mous, surpassing ;iny other sort; qual- 
ity very similar and fully equal to Gregg. 
Possessed of great firmness and will 
stand long shipments; bush exceedingly 
healthy, .shooting up straight, stocky 
canes, well adapted for supporting their 
loads of large fniit; ripens mid-season. 
Golden Queen. Golden yellow. The orig- 
inator says: "In flavor it rivals that 
high quality Raspberry, Brinklc's 
Orange. In color a nch, bright, creamy 
yellow, imparting to it a most appetiz- 
mg efTect, both in the crate and upon 
the table. In size it challenges the 
large Cuthbert.. In vigor it fully equals 
its parent, the Cuthbert. In produc- 
tiveness, it excels llie prolific Cuth- 
bert. In hardiness it has no superior." 
Possibly not practical to set a large 
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