M ^ E. W. REID’S NURSER IES, BRIDGEPORT, OHIO 
DELICIOUS NEW RASPBERRIES 
KING RED RASPBERRY. 
This new variety originated in Ohio, and is one of the most beautiful Red Raspberries ever put on the 
market. Its brilliancy of color when placed on the market last season created quite a sensation and a demand 
for more of its fruit than could be supplied ; the 
berries easily brought from 6 to 8 cents per quart 
more than any other varieties. The plant is very 
healthy, robust, exceedingly productive, with 
strong, healthy canes, hung thick with fruit 
from top to bottom. Fruit 
larger than in any red variety we 
have ever seen. In quality, it is 
all that could be desired, and fully 
equal in flavor to any 
we know. This berry 
has also the advan- 
tage of being firm, 
and will ship to 
market in first-class 
condition. Season 
about a week later 
than Cuthbert. Price, 
30 cts. each, $3 per 
doz., $20 per 100. 
Ohio Experimental Station, 
Wooster, Ohio, July 24, 1896 .— "The 
King Raspberry is fine indeed. Large, firm, beautiful 
color and prolific. It. is far ahead of Loudon or Miller 
here.”— Prof. W. J. Green. 
COLUMBIAN. 
This is a new berry, believed to be a cross between Cuthbert and 
Gregg, and is claimed to be superior and larger than Shaffer’s Colossal, 
which it resembles in type and color. From the comments of the press 
and many growers, we believe this berry has some decided merits, and 
can recommend it as worthy of a trial. For canning purposes, It Is 
undoubtedly the very best Raspberry in cultivation. Unlike the 
Shaffer, it does not go to 
Columbian. 
pieces in the process, and 
it does not shrink. 
The Hum l New- Yorker Miller, 
says: "The berry is of 
the same type as the Shaffer; that is, it propagates from the tips, 
does not sucker, and is similar in color. In shape it is longer than 
the Shaffer, more solid, and adheres much more firmly to the stems. 
In quality it is an improvement on 4he Shaffer, being sweeter when 
ripe, and of high flavor. These comparisons are made with tlfe 
Shaffer because we can thus best illustrate, and because of the 
fact that the Shaffer is to-day probably the most productive Rasp- 
berry under cultivation. In general appearance both are much 
alike in foliage and cane. On close examination marked differ- 
ences are seen. The canes of the Columbian are more woody, its 
thorns are a bright, light green in color, while those of the Shaffer 
have more or less of a purple tinge,” Price, 50 cts. per doz., 
$1.75 per 100, $12 per 1,000, 
MILLER RED. 
This new Red Raspberry originated in Sussex 
county, Delaware, and is very popular with a few 
fruit-growers in that section, who have preferred to 
market the fruit rather than sell the plants. Berry 
is as large as Cuthbert, holding its size to the end 
of the season; it is round, bright red, does not fade, but will hold its color 
after shipment longer than any other red variety; core very small; does not 
crumble, making it the firmest and best shipping berry In existence; has 
not the flat taste of some varieties, but a rich, fruity flavor entirely its own. 
The time of ripening is with the very earliest, the first picking being with 
Thompson’s Early, June 11, the Miller producing double the quantity of berries 
at each picking that Thompson did, in the same field under the same condi- 
tions, continuing until August 3 — Thompson having been gone three weeks; 
fully as prolific as Cuthbert. It does 
not seem particular as to soil, having 
been fruited on light sandy, gravelly 
and heavy clay soils with equal suc- 
cess. To sum up, it possesses the 
following points of superiority as 
compared with other varieties : 1st. 
Ripens with the very earliest. 
2nd. Productiveness equal to any. 3d. Has no equal as a shipper. 
4th. Perfectly hardy. 5th. Quality and size unsurpassed. 6th. At- 
tractive color. Price, 40 cts. per doz., 75 cts. per 100, $5 per 1,000. In 
3,000-lots, $4.50 per 1,000. 
King Red Raspberry. 
The largest, brightest, most produc- 
tive, best selling red Raspberry 
ever introduced. 
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