COLUMBIAN GRAPE COMPANY, 
Perpetual King Raspberry 
A BIG MONEY MAKER. 
Grows Canes One and One-Half Inches^in 
Diameter. Has No Equal for Product- 
iveness. Very Hardy, and is 
a Very Strong Grower. 
Mr. J. F. Baggfs, Shenandoah Co., Va.: Says he 
saw Perpetual King- in bearing on the originator’s 
ground, with ninety bearing canes in one patch. 
They are the strongest heaviest canes heever saw- 
just loaded down with fruit; the most remarkable 
of all raspberries. This variety differs from all 
others, having a mammoth cane, certainly heavy 
enough to hold its load of fruit. One cane was 
CANK OF p. KISS KASPBKRRY. m6asured and its circumference was over four 
inches. T he fruit grows in clusters of unusual size, ranging from 10 to 
30 berries in a clump. Some stalks are just covered with fruit. The berry 
is black, of fine quality and large size. Another remarkable feature is that 
it bears several crops in one season. The plants that are set the first season 
will bear fruit, if they are not pinched back. The big crop comes in June. 
A good half crop also yields in the fall, till frost kills it. Some hills made 
12 quarts. The canes were loaded from the ground to the extreme ends of 
the branches. This new berry is the most prolific of all raspberries. It is 
all the originator claims for it. 
Mr. R. H.Lowe, North Carolina: I visited Mr. Keller on the22d of June, 
1896, and to my surprise found growing on his place the largest and most 
productive black raspberry that I ever saw in all my travels, and I believe it 
to be the greatest ever offered. It certainly will be appreciated by all when 
once seen. 
George J. Cooper, Shenandoah Co., Va.: I examined the new berry. Per- 
petual King, on the originators grounds, in the month of June, and was 
surprised at its wonderful productiveness. The largest berries I ever saw 
were these I speak of. The plants were one year old and not more than 
fifteen to twenty inches high, and had as many as one-;half gallon of berries 
on each hill. 
