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says, “ They have spread all over my lot, and I would not 
take raspberry plants as a gift.” I meet the neighbors of the 
above mentioned persons, and they cry out, “ Humbug!” I 
plead with them to read what Andrew S. Fuller and other hor¬ 
ticulturists have written. “ Ho. I do not care for the opinion of 
Fuller. I believe my neighbors in preference to any one.” 
These and similar objections have met me often during the 
past three years ; and they have had to be removed, or they 
could not be persuaded to invest in any variety of raspberry. 
* * I have endeavored to seek out a variety of the rasp¬ 
berry that was free from these serious defects. * * Perhaps 
our pomological writers have been somewhat at fault in con¬ 
demning every variety that did not come up to their standard 
as to quality; forgetting that a moderate supply of a medium 
quality of fruit was far better than none at all. Quantity is 
that which gives satisfaction to the masses. 
The Black Caps .—On examination I have found that all the 
black caps were hardy, ’and needed no protection in winter; 
also, that they did not sucker. “But,” says the farmer, “ I have 
black raspberries; I brought them from the woods. What 
better are yours?” 
The Black Gaos, like other valuable fruits in their native 
state, are found to have several defects, that must be remedied 
before they can be pronounced worthy of general cultivation. 
These defects are: 1st. Small size of fruit; 2d. Dryness of 
the pulp; 8d. Excessive seediness; 4th. Small yield ; 5th. 
The short and uncertain period of its bearing habit. A neigh¬ 
bor of mine, a few years ago, becoming interested in the cul¬ 
ture of the raspberry, set out a large piece—I think several 
acres, with the common black raspberries, but after a time, a 
friend of his from near Oak Corners, in Hew York, when the 
Doolittle raspberry was just started, induced him to try some 
of those plants. After trying the Doolittle thoroughly, he 
dug up and threw away all of the native plants, and planted 
the others, thus subjecting himself to no small loss of time, 
labor and money in their culture. His neighbors said he was 
crazy, thus to throw away money, months of hard labor and 
