. Success with small fruits . ities, will ever lead to its ready sale in the market. It isnot a tall, vigorous grower, except in very rich land. The young canes areusually small, slender, of a pale red color, and have but few spines. Likenearly all the R. Strigostis species, it tends to sucker immoderately. Ifthis disposition is rigorously checked by hoe and cultivator it is productive;otherwise the bearing canes are choked and rendered comparativelyunfruitful. This variety is waning before the Cuthbert—a larger and muchbetter berry. The Turner is another of this class, and, in Mr. Charles Dow
. Success with small fruits . ities, will ever lead to its ready sale in the market. It isnot a tall, vigorous grower, except in very rich land. The young canes areusually small, slender, of a pale red color, and have but few spines. Likenearly all the R. Strigostis species, it tends to sucker immoderately. Ifthis disposition is rigorously checked by hoe and cultivator it is productive;otherwise the bearing canes are choked and rendered comparativelyunfruitful. This variety is waning before the Cuthbert—a larger and muchbetter berry. The Turner is another of this class, and, in Mr. Charles Downingsopinion, is the best of them. It was introduced by Professor J. B. Turner,of Illinois, and is a great favorite in many parts of the West. It has behavedwell on my place for several years, and I am steadily increasing my stockof it. I regard it as the hardiest raspberry in cultivation, and a wintermust be severe, indeed, that injures it. Like the Crescent Seedling straw- Varieties of the Foreigii and Native Species. 183. Native Raspberries of America.(Rubus Strigosus.) berry, it will grow anywhere,and under almost any condi-tions. The laziest man on thecontinent can have its fruit inabundance, if he can muster sufficientspirit to put out a few roots, and hoeout all the suckers except five or six inthe hill. It is early, and in flavor sur-passes all of its class ; the fruit is only 184 Success with Small Fruits. moderately firm. Plant a few in some out-of-the-way place, and itwill give the largest return for the least amount of labor of any kindwith which I am acquainted. The canes are very vigorous, of agolden reddish-brown like mahogany, over which spreads in manyplaces a purple bloom, like that on a grape, and which rubs off at thetouch. It is almost free from spines, and so closely resembles theSouthern Thornless in all respects that I cannot distinguish betweenthem. The Turner is a fine example of the result of persistent having been treated slighting
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