Elliott's fruit book; or, The Elliott's fruit book; or, The American fruit-grower's guide in orchard and garden. Being a compend of the history, modes of propagation, culture, etc., of fruit trees and shrubs, with descriptions of nearly all the varieties of fruits cultivated in this country; notes of their adaptation to localities and soils, and also a complete list of fruits worthy of cultivation elliottsfruitbo00elli Year: 1858 442 THE RASPBERRY. French. Vice-President French. This is a seedling of Fastolf crossed with Yellow Antwerp, origin- ated with Dr. Brinckle, and is yet little known.
Elliott's fruit book; or, The Elliott's fruit book; or, The American fruit-grower's guide in orchard and garden. Being a compend of the history, modes of propagation, culture, etc., of fruit trees and shrubs, with descriptions of nearly all the varieties of fruits cultivated in this country; notes of their adaptation to localities and soils, and also a complete list of fruits worthy of cultivation elliottsfruitbo00elli Year: 1858 442 THE RASPBERRY. French. Vice-President French. This is a seedling of Fastolf crossed with Yellow Antwerp, origin- ated with Dr. Brinckle, and is yet little known. Fruit, large, round, crimson, matures Hte; spines, red. Franconia. Introduced to this country from France, under this name; but not to be found in any foreign catalogue to which we have had access. Its canes are nearly hardy ; maturing good crops, without protec- tion, four years out of five. Shoots, strong, branching, yellowish brown, with scattered, rather stout bristles ; leaves, rather narrow ; fruit, large, obtuse conical, dark, rich red, rich, rather acid flavor; more firm than Fastolf, and not as much so as Red Antwerp. A few days later than the latter in ripening. Fulton. FroVn seed of French. Fruit, large, round, crimson; productive, and a vigorous grower; spines, red. One of Dr. Brinckle's origin. General Patterson. Seedling of the Colonel Wilder; vigorous grower. fruit, large,.round, crimson. Spines, red ; Knevett's Giant. Imported from England by Col. Wilder, in 1843. Thirf raspberry has proved more hardy than any other foreign variety, requiring no protection, and produc- ing uniformly large crops of fruit. Its texture being firm, it will be found pro- fitable*to grow for market. Canes, strong, upright, dis- posed to branch; fruit, large, obtuse, conical or roundish, deep red, and of excellent flavor.
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