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PIONEER) Continued. 
and has come to stay. James Patton says : 
“ With me the Pioneer is better than 
Souhegan; much more productive ; a har- 
dier berry ; stands wet weather and long 
shipments better, and ripens about same 
time.” Jacob Fitley says: “Had to let 
my Souhegan rot on the vines during the 
wet weather this season, while Pioneer 
was marketed in good condition and sold 
for good prices.” Try it. $1 per doz., 33 
per 100, $35 per 1,000. 
THOMPSON'S EARLY PROLIFIC 
RED RASPBERRY. This is a seed- 
ling found among a number of others 
from selected seed gathered from the 
earlist red berries we could find on our 
grounds. Its early ripening, fine, large, 
bright berries, along with its productive- 
ness, attracted the attention of M. T. 
Thompson, the originator, it ripening so 
early, being the earliest red raspberry in 
the neighborhood, even ri- 
pening before the blackcaps. 
This year, the season being 
late, the first were picked the 
19th of June on our grounds, 
and as we have no early 
ground, we know that any- 
thing that will ripen early 
on our own grounds will be 
sure to ripen early almost 
anywhere. Every fruit- 
grower knows the necessity 
of having a red raspberry 
that will come on, with good 
picking, just as the straw- 
berry season is over. We 
have the Marlboro, Ranco- 
cas and several others of the 
early red berries, but they 
canuotcome up to this berry. 
It has stood twenty- two de- 
grees below zero and not in- 
jured in the least, and we 
don’t know how much more 
it will stand. This last 
spring we had a very late 
frost, after the buds were 
nearly all leaved, but still it 
was not hurt, while Cutli- 
berts were badly damaged 
and our Brandywine killed 
nearly to the ground. We 
plan ted.out one acre last fall, 
and this season they were 
loaded down to the ground 
with the weight of berries 
about the size of Brandy- 
wine, and from two to three 
weeks earlier. There is 
more money in an early red 
raspberry with us than any 
small fruit we grow. While 
the late varieties are sold 
at half the price, or even less 
than that, we say to one and 
all, don’t miss planting a 
dozen at least of these ber- 
ries. We don’t want any 
one to plant more until they 
as well satisfied as we are: 
and then you will want to 
plant all you can ! 
Medina, Ohio, Nov. 9, 1889. 
Gentlemen: — The Early Prolific red 
raspberry ripened before strawberries were 
over, and in fact, a little sooner than any- 
body expected it. People did not seem 
quite ready for it. In every respect it com 
pares exceedingly favorable with any of the 
new red raspberries. Its only fault is, it is 
too early, if that is a fault. Yours truly, 
A. I. Root. 
Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, July 33, 1889. 
Thompson’s Early Prolific red raspberry 
is making a most wonderful growth. I pick- 
ed about one quart of berries and they are 
very fine. The Marlboros were nearly all 
destroyed by the rose-bugs; am very glad 
to say that they do not molest these at all. 
F. C. Miller. 
$2 per Dozen, $15 per hundred. 
Don’t fail to try this superb new early 
raspberry. 
THOMPSON’S EARLY PROLIPIC RED RASPBERRY. 
