. Success with small fruits . its bestqualities. We usually enjoy its fruit for six weeks together. Its almostglobular shape is in contrast with another excellent French variety, theBelle de Fontenay, a large, long, conical, but somewhat irregular-shapedberry of very superior flavor. Mr. Fuller says that it is entirely survives the winter without protection on my grounds. The canes arevery stocky and strong, and unless growing thickly together are most marked characteristic, however, is a second crop in autumn, pro-duced on the tips of the new canes. If the canes of the
. Success with small fruits . its bestqualities. We usually enjoy its fruit for six weeks together. Its almostglobular shape is in contrast with another excellent French variety, theBelle de Fontenay, a large, long, conical, but somewhat irregular-shapedberry of very superior flavor. Mr. Fuller says that it is entirely survives the winter without protection on my grounds. The canes arevery stocky and strong, and unless growing thickly together are most marked characteristic, however, is a second crop in autumn, pro-duced on the tips of the new canes. If the canes of the previous year arecut even with the ground early in spring, the new growth-gives a veryabundant autumn crop of berries, which, although much inclined to crumblein picking, and to be irregular in shape, have still the rare flavor of adelicious fruit long out of season. It certainly is the best of thefall-bearing kinds, and deserves a place in every garden. There are Varieties of the Foreign atid Native Species. i8i ^^ -.^Mjifr. Franconia and Belle de Fontenay Raspberries, with an autumn branchof the latter. more profitable market varie-ties, however; but, if the suckersare vigorously destroyed, andthe bearing canes cut well back,the fruit is often very large,abundant and attractive, bring-ing the highest prices. As aplantation grows older, thetendency to sucker immoder-ately decreases, and the fruitimproves. Its autumn bearingtrait is shown by the engravingof a loaded tip, cut in October,and the late berries are seento be very different in appear-ance from those that mature inJuly. The Belle de Pallua andHornet are also French varieties,that in some sections yield finefruit, but are too uncertain tobecome favorites in our country. 182 Success 2uitk Small Fruits. I have a few canes of a French variety, that Mr. Downing imported anumber of years since, and of which the name has been lost. It certainlyis the finest raspberry I have ever seen, and I am testing its adaptation tovariou
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