. The fruit grower's handbook [microform] : a concise manual of directions for the selection and culture of the best hardy fruits in the garden or orchard. Fruit-culture. 88 RASPBERRY AND BLACKBERRY. THE STRAWBERRY. 80 FASTOLLF. Very large, roundish, bright purplish red. Flesh tender, very rich, liigh flavored. Canes stout, upright, branching, light yellowish brown: spines numerous and strong. FRANCONIA. More sprightly than Red Antwerp; ten days later. Fine for market; excellent for preserving; hardy. Very large, conical, obtuse ; darker than Fastollf; flesh firm, rich. Cane'^s very strong, br
. The fruit grower's handbook [microform] : a concise manual of directions for the selection and culture of the best hardy fruits in the garden or orchard. Fruit-culture. 88 RASPBERRY AND BLACKBERRY. THE STRAWBERRY. 80 FASTOLLF. Very large, roundish, bright purplish red. Flesh tender, very rich, liigh flavored. Canes stout, upright, branching, light yellowish brown: spines numerous and strong. FRANCONIA. More sprightly than Red Antwerp; ten days later. Fine for market; excellent for preserving; hardy. Very large, conical, obtuse ; darker than Fastollf; flesh firm, rich. Cane'^s very strong, branchy, yellowish brown; spines scattered, stout, short, purple: leaves long, thick, firm, less wrinkled than other kinds. KNEYETT'S GIANT. A capital English raspberry, ripening among the very earliest; excellent for market. Large, conical, deep red; flavor excellent. Canes strong, hardy. LARGE FRUITED MONTHLY. Bears from Aug. to Nov.; new; large, red. Canes long, rather slender, purplish in the sun, and pretty thickly covered with dark purple spines. RED ANTWERP. Large, conical, pointed; dull red ; rich and sweet. Canes moderately strong, yellowish, becoming pale brown, nearly smooth above, dark brown bristles below; leaves large, plaited. Usually requires protection. A spurious and inferior sort is common. YELLOW ANTWERP. Very latge, nearly conical, pale yellow, sweet, fine flavored. Canes stout, vigorous, yellow; spines slender, thickly set. Long in season. Hlachberry. This fruit immediately follows the Rasp- berry ; and though so common and so fine in a wild state, its cul- ture is found very profitable for the city markets. " In perfection, it is not excelled by any fruit that the wild world produces" ! Cole. It is of the same genus (Rubus) as the Raspberry, and diflfers from it chiefly in the fruit not separating from its receptacle or core,âin the usually square and fluted stem, and stout curved prickles. When fully ripe, it is delicious for the dessert, excell
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