. Whitten's catalogue of small fruit plants, 1902. Nursery stock Michigan Catalogs; Berries Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. 24 C. WHITTEN'S NURSERIES, "Strawberry Plants that Grow' Black or Cap Varieties. These are Hll Propagated from Tips. CUMBERLAND. (New.)— Description by the introducers: This new raspberry is placed upon the market after having been carefully tested for a period of years, and is now offered with the full assurance that it is the most profitable and desirable market variety yet known, because of the im- mense size, firmness and great productiveness, well entitling it to
. Whitten's catalogue of small fruit plants, 1902. Nursery stock Michigan Catalogs; Berries Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. 24 C. WHITTEN'S NURSERIES, "Strawberry Plants that Grow' Black or Cap Varieties. These are Hll Propagated from Tips. CUMBERLAND. (New.)— Description by the introducers: This new raspberry is placed upon the market after having been carefully tested for a period of years, and is now offered with the full assurance that it is the most profitable and desirable market variety yet known, because of the im- mense size, firmness and great productiveness, well entitling it to the desig- nation of "the Business Black ; In hardiness and productiveness it is unexcelled by any other variety. In size the fruit is simply enormous, far surpassing any other sort. The berries run seven-eights and fifteen sixteenths of an inch in diameter, and are of such handsome appearance that their fruit sold for ioc per quart when other varieties were selling for 5 to 7c per quart. The quality is very similar and fully equal to Gregg, which has always been. CUMBERLAND. considered the finest of the blackcaps in this respect. In spite of its unusually large size the fruit is possessed of great firmness and is thus well adapted for standing long shipments. The season of ripening varies, of course, in different latitudes, and can best be designated by comparison with other varieties. It follows Palmer and Souhegan and precedes Gregg a short time, making what we call a mid-season variety. The bush is exceed- ingly healthy and vigorous, throwing up stout, stocky canes, well adapted for supporting their loads of large fruit. It has also shown itself remarkably free from that scourge of its family, anthracnose, it having been entirely unaffected by this disease, even when other varieties near by were suffering from it very ; Doz. 60c; hundred $; thousand $ 60NRATH.—Resembles Gregg in many ways, but is much earlier and is firm, sweet and goo
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