Archive image from page 34 of Descriptive and illustrated catalogue . Descriptive and illustrated catalogue : fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, plants, etc. . descriptiveillus1894benn Year: 1894 31 BLACK CAPS. Carman—Resembles the Simliegaii in growth ; \ igorous, healthy and hardy ; jiroductive, jet black and tirin ; very early. Earhart—Strong, stocky grower, with aa abimdance of stout, heavy spines; very hard}'; fruit of large size, jet black and of good quality, comnienciiig to ripen early uiid continues till stoi)ped by freezing iu the Aiitunui. Gregg—This is decidedly the largest Bl
Archive image from page 34 of Descriptive and illustrated catalogue . Descriptive and illustrated catalogue : fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, plants, etc. . descriptiveillus1894benn Year: 1894 31 BLACK CAPS. Carman—Resembles the Simliegaii in growth ; \ igorous, healthy and hardy ; jiroductive, jet black and tirin ; very early. Earhart—Strong, stocky grower, with aa abimdance of stout, heavy spines; very hard}'; fruit of large size, jet black and of good quality, comnienciiig to ripen early uiid continues till stoi)ped by freezing iu the Aiitunui. Gregg—This is decidedly the largest Black Cap tliat we have ever seen, far surpassing in size the famous Mammoth (Muster, averaging, when grown side by side, with llic same treatment, from one-third to one-half larger. Johnston's Sweet—-This is the sweetest Raspberry grown. It takes less sugar either for the talile or for canning or evaporating, than any other sort. The flavor is deli- cious. It is a great bearer ; nearly equal in size to Gregg. Mammoth Cluster (McCormick)—The busli is a strong, uiiright grower ; foliage a rich, dark green ; fruit large, and holds out large to the veiy last picking ; black, with a rich purplish bloom ; very juicy, high flavored and delicious ; perfectly hardy, the surface sulliciently firm to bear transportation to distant markets. Ohio—The greatest producer among Black Caps, and for canning or evaporating claimed to be the most protiiable of all sorts. Berry not (piite as large as Gregg, but liner quality and the plants more hardy and will bear more successive crops. Hilborn—A large Black Cap, recommended for its size and (piality. Ripens earl} , Souhegan—A variet}- of the most positive value, of excellent (jualily, about as large as the Gregg, and astonishingly prolific, exceeding in this respect any Raspberry known. A perfect ironclad in and }' early, at two weeks 'i'.rlier than llie Doolittle. It has every indication of being the mos
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