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Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue op 
Raspberries. 
This fruit comes just after strawberries, and when properly cultivated is quite 
profitable. 
Plant on strong soil, manure freely, cultivate well or mulch heavily. For field, rows 
seven feet apart, four feet in row. Pinch off caues when three feet high, and prune oti 
laterals the following Spring, within twelve or eighteen inches of the cane ; in garden 
culture, tie up to single wire. Cut out old wood each year. Cover tender varieties in 
Winter by bending down and throwing on earth. 
Brandywine— A large, scarlet berry, firm and beautiful ; bears transportation well, but 
not quite equal to some others in quality. 
Brinckle’s Orange— Large, orange yellow ; high flavored, tender and rich. 
Caroline— Canes vigorous, prolific and quite hardy, without protection. From its supe- 
rior quality and hardiness, it is of great value for the home garden. 
Clarke— A highly valuable sort, which has proved perfectly hardy. Bush a strong 
grower. Fruit large size, beautiful light scarlet, and of the most delicious flavor. 
Commences to ripen with the earliest, and keeps in bearing till late in the Summer. 
Crimson Beauty— Very large size, bright, glossy scarlet, round to oblong ; earlier than 
the Turner, of a more pleasant, sprightly flavor, equally as hardy, more productive, 
and of much larger size. 
Cuthbert— Perfectly hardy. The canes are tall and vigorous, and enormously produc- 
tive. Berries very large, conical; rich crimson, very handsome, and so firm that 
they can be shipped hundreds of miles by rail witnout injury. Flavor rich, luscious, 
best, commences to ripen moderately early, and holds out until all others are gone. 
Golden Queen— The finest flavored of all the Raspberries. In size, equal to Cuthbert ; 
immensely productive ; a very strong grower, and hardy enough even for extreme 
Northern latitudes, having stood uninjured when the Cuthbert suffered. The desire 
for a yellow raspberry of high quality, combined with vigorous growth and perfect 
hardiness, is believed to be fully met in this variety, 
riansell— One of the very earliest and most desirable of Red Raspberries ; color bright 
scarlet ; quality excellent ; very productive, and fine shipper. Its great earliness 
causes it to bring the highest price in market. 
Herstine — Plant a good grower, bears early and abundantly, hardy, and very produc- 
tive on all soils. Suckers moderately. Fruit large, firm, bright crimson, with 
small grains. Flavor sub-acid and very good. 
Highland Hardy— Plants very hardy and thrifty ; unusually productive ; succeeds on 
most any soil, and ripens the fruit very early : berry good size, bright red and sufn- 
eieutly firm for shipping. Valuable for market. 
Philadelphia— It is a stout, healthy grower, very hardy and immensely productive. The 
fruit is of the largest size, and presents a fine appearance, even after it has been 
transported a long distance to market. 
Rancocas — Very vigorous, throwing out numerous fruiting uranches. Its productive- 
ness cannot be excelled. As a shipper it is perfect, ripening with the earliest ; the 
color is a bright red ; size medium to large ; quality best. 
Reliance— Produces berries of the largest size ; color dark. Enormously productive ; 
very desirable. 
Scarlet Gem— A valuable extra early market sort. The plant, though not so strong 
and stocky in its growth as the Cuthbert, is far more vigorous than Hansell, High- 
land Hardy, or any of the early varieties in cultivation, fully as productive as Cuth- 
bert, bright scarlet color, very firm and solid, and in 1888 ripened four days earlier 
than any of the leading extra early Red Raspberries growing in the same field, less 
than two rods away. 
Shaffer’s Colossal— Colossal, both in bush and berry. Carries to market well ; excel- 
lent to dry and unsurpassed for canning. Berry dark crimson in color and excellent 
in quality ; a very valuable variety. Does not sucker, but roots from tips like Black 
Marlboro— Large size, light crimson color ; good quality and firm. Plant vigorous 
and productive. The first berries ripen quite early, but the entire crop covers a 
period of four or five weeks in ripening. 
Turner — A beautiful red berry of fine size and excellent quality ; said to be the hard! 
est and most productive variety known. 
