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AMERICAN AGrRICULTURIST 
color and its great firmness, which, 
together with its fair size, im¬ 
pressed us most favorably. Our 
opinion, which was freely express¬ 
ed in words, was asked in writing, 
and we wrote a statement that the 
fruit as exhibited to us, possessed 
the above named qualities, but 
that we knew nothing mahout the 
plants. It was an opinion given 
with all care, that it might mislead 
no one, and of the fruit only, as 
presented in our office. We had 
quite forgotten the name, but the 
fruit itself remains very distinct 
in our memory as a raspberry that 
in the essentials of firmness and 
brilliancy of color, was superior to 
any that we have seen before or 
since. It seems that several fruit¬ 
growers have had their eye upon 
the “ Cuthbert,” and though it 
has not made much noise in the 
world, they have been quietly test¬ 
ing it, and foreseeing its probable 
popularity,have been accumulating 
a stock of plants. Among these, 
is Mr. E. P. Roe, at Comwall-on- 
the-Hudson, who brought us the 
drawing from which we have made 
the accompanying engraving. 
This was by Mr. Pope, of New¬ 
burgh, N. Y., an artist of high re¬ 
putation for his accurate represen¬ 
tations of fruit. The berries are 
from actual measurement. .Below 
is the description of the Cuthbert 
by Mr. Roe, of Cornwall-on-the- 
Raspberries for Market—The Cuthbert. 
BY E. P. ROE, CORNWALI.-ON-THE-HUDSON, N. Y. 
[Some time last fall we received a note from a 
well known nursery in New Jersey, asking if we 
still adhered to our opinion of the “ Cuthbert Rasp¬ 
berry ” as given in the circular of-, naming a 
dealer in small fruits. We could not recollect any 
such variety as the “ Cuthbert,” much less an 
“opinion,” and asked to see the “circular” in 
question. When that came to hand, we saw how 
the case stood. Several years ago, a gentleman, 
whose name we had quite forgotten, called upon 
us, introduced by a friend well known in the horti¬ 
cultural world, with a very generous basket of rasp¬ 
berries. The fruit was remarkable for its brilliant 
Hudson, N. Y.—Eds.] “For years, 
one of the chief needs in fruit culture, has been a 
raspberry that combined a sufficient number of 
good qualities to make it profitable aud acceptable 
throughout the regions in which raspberries are 
grown. New kinds are constantly introduced, but 
nothing hitherto has appeared to ‘ fill the entire 
bill.’ I was in hopes the ‘Pride of the Hudson’ 
would be the successful candidate, but time, 
that tests all things, proves it must be content 
with standing high up among the choice varie¬ 
ties having foreign blood. For the garden and 
table, I ask nothing better in all localities where the 
Franconia or Antwerp varieties succeed. But we 
need a raspberry tjiat will grow North and South, 
East and West, on light soils and heavy, moist and 
dry, and at the same time produce a profitable crop 
of large, firm, bright-colored, good flavored berries. 
This is asking an immense deal of one variety. 
Does the “Cuthbert” meet this demand? lean 
not yet say with certainty that it does, but from all 
I can learn, it comes nearer doing 60 than any other 
kind yet introduced. Like all true worth it has 
steadily made its own way. It has never been 
‘pushed’ or heralded to any extent to my knowl¬ 
edge, but wherever set out and given a chance to 
take hold of any kind of soil, sand or clay, it went 
at once to work producing canes and fruit in a 
manner that ‘meant business.’ Those who have 
it, want more of it, and those who see the fruit, 
ask for plants. I have seen it growing in a fruit 
garden in Newburgh, N. Y„ where I had a chance 
of comparing it with nearly all the leading foreign 
and native kinds, and it surpassed them all in vigor 
of growth, and, the proprietor affirms, in produc¬ 
tiveness also. In Newburgh it never had or needed 
winter protection. I also saw it in New Jersey sand, 
and in a large field where it had precisely the same 
treatment that was given to almost all the rasp¬ 
berries now In cultivation, the ‘ Cutliberts ’ could 
be distinguished as far as the field could be seen. It 
so far exceeded everything else as to excite my 
astonishment, but I was informed that only the 
native vigor of the variety made the difference, and 
that the fruit was as fine as the canes. The gentle¬ 
man who introduced this variety speaks of it as 
follows: ‘ I have been in possession of the 
‘ Cuthbert ’ for the past seven or eight years, was 
the first to introduce it to the public, and my ex¬ 
perience with it has been that the vines are very 
hardy, the most so of any raspberry of which I have 
any knowledge. It is a good bearer, keeps well, 
and when in good order may be shipped anywhere 
that a blackberry can be sent, and arrive 
in good condition. I can truly say I know 
of no weak point in it.’ This raspberry orig¬ 
inated near New York City, in the garden of a 
gentleman by the name of Cuthbert, and by him 
given to a w'ell known horticulturist for more com¬ 
plete trial. Mr. Chas. Downing, who lias seen the 
Cuthbert growing and fruiting near Newburgh, 
says of it: ‘I consider it the most promising mar¬ 
ket raspberry before the public so far as yet tested. 
The fruit is large and very firm, and the plants are 
exceedingly productive and vigorous growers.’” 
Rhubarb in England—Forcing. 
From the scarcity of apples and dried and canned 
fruit, so common with us, the English use rhubarb 
much more freely 
than we do. Forced 
Rhubarb — and we 
showed in an article 
by Peter Henderson, 
a few years ago, bow 
easily it was forced— 
makes its appearance 
in London Markets 
by Christmas. The 
“Gardener’s Chroni¬ 
cle,” gives an engrav¬ 
ing, which we here 
reproduce, showing 
how this forced rhu¬ 
barb is done up for 
market. We give this 
as a hint to our 
market gardeners, as 
a great improvement 
on their awkward bundles with the leaf portion all 
at one end. A lot of rhubarb neatly done up in this 
form, would readily outsell the same quality put 
up in the usual slovenly hunches... .Those who 
have a greenhouse can easily force rhubarb under 
the benches, and it may be readily done in a hot¬ 
bed ; but those who have neither of these can force 
a moderate supply. It is better to have the roots 
dug in the fall, hut if this was not done they may 
be taken up during a thaw, selecting those of 
medium size in preference to the very large. As 
the roots will be of no use afterwards, their spread¬ 
ing branches may he shortened somewhat to make 
them more compact. Place a few inches of soil in 
the bottom of a barrel, set the roots upon this. 
