. Handbook of fruit trees and plants. Nursery stock Pennsylvania West Chester Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania West Chester Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. 28 HOOPES, BROTHER & THOMAS, WEST CHESTER, MUNGER. RASPBERRIES The great improvement in the hardy varieties makes the cultivation of this fine fruit compara- tively easy; any good soil will do. but a light, loamy one is preferable. Plant in rows 5 or 6 feet apart, leaving 4 feet between the plants: remove the old canes as soon as the fruit is gone, and do not allow more than three or four ne
. Handbook of fruit trees and plants. Nursery stock Pennsylvania West Chester Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania West Chester Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. 28 HOOPES, BROTHER & THOMAS, WEST CHESTER, MUNGER. RASPBERRIES The great improvement in the hardy varieties makes the cultivation of this fine fruit compara- tively easy; any good soil will do. but a light, loamy one is preferable. Plant in rows 5 or 6 feet apart, leaving 4 feet between the plants: remove the old canes as soon as the fruit is gone, and do not allow more than three or four new ones to each hill: pinch the young canes when 3 or 4 feet high, and continue pinching in the laterals when a few inches long. Treated in this way they will need no stakes, but will be stout enough to support themselves. Columbian. A new variety of great promise, i Kansas. A new black variety that has succeeded Very large; dark red, almost purple; rich, juicy and delicious. Wonderfully prolific and a good shipper; very vigorous. Cuthbert {Queen of the Alarl-et). Cane tall and vigorous; berries large, conical, rich crimson and well wherever tested. It has been pronounced to possess more good qualities than any other Black- cap Raspberry. McCormick [Mammoth Cluster). One of the largest and best of the Blackcap family; it is more vigor- very handsome; best quality, and carries well; i ous; ripens between Souhegan and Gregg. very productive. Golden Queen. Large; beautiful translucent amber color, and exceptionally firm. Very pro- ductive. The canes are of the strongest growth and quite hardy. Gregg. Introduced from Ohio, ripening about the same time as Mammoth Cluster, but much larger, more productive and of finer 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 Maple Avenue Nurseries; Hoopes, Brother
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