. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. 59° THE RASPBERRY. and branching, leaves large. Hardy, and succeeds on light soils. Suckers very freely. Productive. Early. Origin, New Haven, Conn. Fig. 796. Fastolf.* Very large, obtuse conical, approaching roundish bright purplish-red; rather soft, high- flavored. Canes strong; nearly erect, branching, productive. Eng- lish. Excellent for home use ; too soft for distant market. Fillbasket. (Northumberland Fill- basket.) Rather large, roundish; deep


. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. 59° THE RASPBERRY. and branching, leaves large. Hardy, and succeeds on light soils. Suckers very freely. Productive. Early. Origin, New Haven, Conn. Fig. 796. Fastolf.* Very large, obtuse conical, approaching roundish bright purplish-red; rather soft, high- flavored. Canes strong; nearly erect, branching, productive. Eng- lish. Excellent for home use ; too soft for distant market. Fillbasket. (Northumberland Fill- basket.) Rather large, roundish; deep red; pleasant sub-acid, moderately good. Very bristly or spiny. English. Franconia.* Large, obtuse coni- cal ; dark red; firm, with a rich sub-acid flavor. Canes strong, branching and spreading, moder- FiG. 796-Clarke ately hardy, productive. A valu- able market sort. French. Naomi closely resembles Franconia, and by many is supposed to be iden- tical. French. (Vice-President French.) Medium or rather large; round- ish, crimson; firm, sweet or .mild, very good. Productive and valuable. Philadelphia, Dr. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Thomas, J. J. (John Jacob); Wood, William H. S. New York, Orange Judd


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