FRUIT DEPARTMENT— RASPBERRIES 
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RASPBERRIES, Red and Yellow, continued. 
round, bright red; cores small, do not crumble; 
firmest and best shipper; rich fruity flavor. Com- 
mences to ripen with the earliest. We can high- 
ly recommend this for either home or market. 
Queen of the Market. See Cuthbert. 
Susqueco. See Brandywine. 
Turner. (Southern.) Very desirable as an 
early sort for the home garden. Berries good 
size; bright crimson; sweet. 
PURPLE CAPS. 
Cardinal. New. This wonderful berry is a 
surprise in the fullness of its merits — its great 
growth, its extreme hardiness and the exceeding 
productiveness of its choice red, rich, pure-flavor- 
ed berries. It will pay. It is not a novelty, but 
a variety of great merit. The new Cardinal is 
claimed to grow 10 feet high and bear in propor- 
tion. Leading horticulturists who have seen this 
berry say that it is one of the wonders of the 
century, so far exceeding all others as to put it 
entirely beyond comparison. Judge Wellhouse, 
president of the Kansas State Horticultural So- 
ciety, said at a meeting of the Society, that the 
introduction of the Cardinal Raspberry would 
add millions to the wealth of the farmers of the 
country because of its inherent great vigor and 
exceeding productiveness. 
This most promising Raspberry is another nat- 
ural product of Kansas. It is not a hybrid, but 
a result where nature combined its best in one 
little seed that produced the first Cardinal Rasp- 
berry plant. It also germinated that seed in its 
own way, not under the pet care of an expert 
gardener who could control the temperature, 
moisture, sunshine and weeds, but came up in a 
neglected clump of Gregg Raspberry bushes, and 
there showed its makeup by growing far above 
them and producing its great crop of red berries 
in contrast to the few ,|_Greggs beneath them. 
When first seen by the owner, the Greggs were 
dug and the Cardinals had the room. 
Columbian. An improvement on Shaffer’s, 
which it resembles, but the berry is finer, dark 
red, adheres to the bunch much longer, and re- 
tains its shape better, both on the market and 
for canning. Bush a stronger grower, attaining 
a very large size. One of the hardiest and won- 
derfully prolific. Unexcelled for productiveness, 
and stands at the head for canning, making jam, 
jelly, etc. 
Haymaker. New. A purple cap, not so dark 
as Columbian or Shaffer, and much larger and 
firmer than either of those varieties, never 
crumbles and stands up well in shipping. Sam- 
ple crates have been shipped to distant points 
with entire satisfaction. It is a berry to grow 
for either home use or market. The originator 
has found it the most profitable berry ever raised 
for market, and has never yet been able to sup- 
ply the local demand. So much of a favorite has 
the Haymaker become that local growers have 
said that it ruined the sale of other varieties. 
Very popular as a canning berry. Many orders 
for this berry are placed a year in advance. One 
writer located near a canning factory has thus 
written: “If any one about here had several acres 
of it in bearing, he could dispose of the entire 
crop to good advantage to the canning factory. 
Schaeffer’s Colossal. (Puthill.) A strong- 
growing variety, producing berries of great size, 
excellent to dry, and unsurpassed for canning; 
flavor peculiar and fine. 
BLACKCAPS. 
Cumberland. In size the fruit is simply enor- 
mous, far surpassing any other sort. The ber- 
ries run from | to 15-16 of an inch in diameter, 
and are of such handsome appearance that the 
fruit has often sold for 10 cents per quart when 
other varieties were selling for from 5 to 7 cents 
per quart. The quality is very similar and fully 
equal to Gregg. In spite of its unusually large 
size, the fruit is possessed of great firmness and 
is thus well abapted for standing long shipments. 
Midseason. The bush is exceedingly healthy and 
vigorous, throwing up stout, stocky canes, well 
adapted for supporting their loads of large fruit. 
Gregg. Of good size, fine quality; very pro- 
ductive and hardy. It takes the same position 
among blackcaps as Cuthberts does among the 
red sort. No one can afford to be without it. 
The standard Blackcap by which others are 
judged. 
Kansas. Strong, vigorous grower, standing 
extremes of drought and cold, and bearing im- 
mense crops. Early, ripening just after Palmer. 
Berries size of Gregg; of better color; jet black, 
and almost free from bloom; firm, of best qual- 
ity; presents a handsome appearance and brings 
highest price in market. 
Mammoth Cluster. Large in size; next to Gregg. 
Canes of strong growth and very prolific. Ber- 
ries large and of fine quality. 
Munger. The fruit of Munger is black, and re- 
sembles Gregg very much. It is a better flavor- 
ed berry than Gregg, tougher in texture, and 
therefore a better shipper. In size it excels 
Gregg by almost 25 per cent, being extra fine for 
canning and evaporating. In seasons when most 
