Testimonials. 
From K IPO I’iish. Mt. I’loasHiit, lovvii, 
Oolobor !;i. liKM. 
WONDERFUL. 
On a branch twenly-livo inchos Inntr, 
wo today, O.itiibor 1 1. 1904 counted 81 
licrries upon that wonderful new rasp- 
berry, which Mr, Hui»o Heyer of New 
London has developed in his sjardens 
and tirouftlit to such pi rfeclion. 
Iijarlior in the seaeoo ihe Furr PitKss 
fjave ilesciip'ion of ii. Hut the brancli 
heliringsin today set lies it a.s an acqui- 
sition. Those interested can see the 
branch in Ihisollice alona with a perfect 
water color paiolint; o f the liearinjj 
plants. 
With the aid of umn, constantly de- 
veloping fruits bless the people of this 
old earth of ours and this everbearing 
luscious black raspberry takes high rank. 
Who will dare say that man’s thought 
and man’s hand has nothing to do with 
the wondrous works of (iod on this globe. 
From Wapello Republican, Wapello, 
la., Aug. X 190.3. 
The Luther Burbank of Iowa. 
Hugo H-ryer, the veteran seedsman 
from New London, la., was hero this 
week with samples of his “Perpetual 
Hearing Raspberry.” Mr. Heyer, who 
will deserve to be remembered as the 
Luther Burbank of Iowa, has been de- 
volo|)iug this new and wonderful variety 
of blackcap raspberry for the past 1.3 
years. It will interest especially the 
people of this community to know that 
Mr. Heyer secured tlie original stock 
from Dr. Tom Hell of Wapello, who is 
supposed to have transferred it from its 
original wild state. It is what is called 
a “sport”, an “accident” in the speech of 
of the unthinking, but what Mr. Beyer 
calls a “Providence.” I t remained for 
him to discover and develop thisremark 
able new variely of one of thi' most 
valuable bei ries grown. 
The peculiarily of "Heyer’s IVrpel md,” 
by which name it is known in liie cov- 
ernmenf deparlment at Washiucion, is 
that it fruits continuously' from the time 
it begins to b.'ar until frost. 
Tile cane which he h-ft at the R|.;fiii!. 
LlCAN ollice contains fruit io all stages 
from the blos,s..m to ilm rijie b.-rry. 
Thus it bears for two or three months, 
and at a season when most small fruit is 
scarce. 'I'lie sample given us on the 
first day of A ugust indiitat-s that this 
variety fruits later than the oidiuary 
black and red varieties. 
Another peculiarity in which itdifVeis 
from other kinds. .f rasplmrries and from 
the blackberry, is that the fruit is found 
on this year’s growth of canes, thus in- 
suring against winter killing and injury 
from rabbits ami mice. I'iie root.s also 
strike down deep into tile groiiiid, in- 
stead of spreadiugnver the surface, thus 
preventing the injurious effects of 
drouth. It is certainly a gift of provi- 
dence to the people through the watch- 
ful care of a good man, who spent fifty 
years in the study of fruits and fiowors. 
Hugo Heyer, who is a native of Ger- 
many, and a resident of Henry county, 
Iowa, for over fifty years, is known for 
his integrity. This new variely of rasp- 
berry has been introduced into thirteen 
experiment stations in the U S. and has 
also been sent to the Horticultural So- 
ciety of London. .\nd the original stock 
came from Louisa county. 
From Washington, Iowa, Evening .Jour- 
nal, Sept. 9, 1904. 
A REMARKABLE FRUIT. 
Mr, Hugo Beyer of New London, 
Perfects a Remarkable Rasp- 
berry Plant. 
Mr. Hugo Boyer, of New London, the 
