. Descriptive catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, vines and plants, cultivated and for sale. Seed industry and trade Maryland Catalogs; Fruit trees Seeds Catalogs; Climbing plants Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. 71. Rancocas Raspberry. V Rancocas. This new sort is rapidly working its way to the front by its own merits, and it will stay there, combining, as it does, so many good points. The plant is vigorous, and the introducer says : " With same soil and with same care will produce twice as many quarts to the acre as the Brandy ; Fruit large, beautiful
. Descriptive catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, vines and plants, cultivated and for sale. Seed industry and trade Maryland Catalogs; Fruit trees Seeds Catalogs; Climbing plants Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. 71. Rancocas Raspberry. V Rancocas. This new sort is rapidly working its way to the front by its own merits, and it will stay there, combining, as it does, so many good points. The plant is vigorous, and the introducer says : " With same soil and with same care will produce twice as many quarts to the acre as the Brandy ; Fruit large, beautiful color, good quality; ripens its crop in a very short time, and is a good shipper. It will prove a most valuable sort for marketing. \ Reliance. Resembles the Philadelphia, from which it has descended, but by its more val- uable qualities has superseded that once very popular sort; fruit large size ; dark red or crimson : flesh firm, juicy, sweet and sprightly; it is hard\'. healthy and vigorous ; very productive ; one of the largest of its class. Souhegau. (Cap.) A week or ten days earlier than Doolittle ; strong grower : very hardy ; fruit large, jet black, handsome ; one of the very best of the caps. Superb. A delicious berry of very large size and high qualitv ; commences ripening early, and continues a long time in bearing ; requires high culture ; not a profitable market berry. Shaffer's Colossal. Perhaps the largest raspberry, both in cane and fruit, yet produced ; exceedingly productive ; fruit has purplish red color and rich flavor, yet somewhat acid : \ unrivalled for the table and canning ; being a cross between the red and black cap. its color hurts its sale as a market berry. Turner. [Southern Thornless.) A strong grower, healthy and hardy; very productive; berries of medium size, bright crimson ; flesh rather soft, sweet and rich ; desirable for home use ; succeeds over a'great of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page image
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