. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 276 COLUMBIAN EMPIRE and Golden Cap, a seedling of an American black raspberry. It may be propagated either by suckers or tips. Plants vigorous, hardy, healthy, productive, with light-colored, upright canes having very few prickles. Leaves very dark green. Fruit of medium size, orange- pink deepening to salmon color; tiesh soft, juicy, sweet but sprightly; quality excellent. COLUMBIAN. R. strigosiis X R- occiden- talis. Columbian is the most prized of the purple raspberries. It takes leading place by virtue of the large size, firm fJesh, hand
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 276 COLUMBIAN EMPIRE and Golden Cap, a seedling of an American black raspberry. It may be propagated either by suckers or tips. Plants vigorous, hardy, healthy, productive, with light-colored, upright canes having very few prickles. Leaves very dark green. Fruit of medium size, orange- pink deepening to salmon color; tiesh soft, juicy, sweet but sprightly; quality excellent. COLUMBIAN. R. strigosiis X R- occiden- talis. Columbian is the most prized of the purple raspberries. It takes leading place by virtue of the large size, firm fJesh, handsome appearance, and high quality of the fruit; and the hardiness, healthfulness, and phe- nomenal productiveness of the plants. It is now more largely grown for commercial can- ning than any other raspberry, red, black, or purple; and. when canned, is superior to any other raspberry in appearance and flavor. Columbian is often compared with Shaffer, a much older variety. The fruit of Columbian is smaller, firmer, and hangs on the plant longer than that of Shaffer; the plants are more vigorous and more productive, and the fruiting season is later. Shaffer excels Co- lumbian only in greater hardiness of plant. Columbian originated from seed of Cuthbert, a red, growing next to Gregg, a blackcap; the seed was sown in the spring of 1885 by J. T. Thompson, Oneida, New York. Plants very tall, very vigorous, very productive, lack- ing in hardiness, upright-spreading; canes numerous, tall and stout, round, dull reddish-brown, with numerous straggling, straight prickles. Leaflets 3, large, oval, rugose, glabrous, yellow-green above, greenish-gray and pubescent beneath. Flowers 12-16 in a long, open, leafy, prickly cluster. Fruit midseason, season long, large, broadly-round, dull purple; torus small, releasing berry easily; drupelets large, round, numerous; tIesh firm, juicy, mild and sprightly, very aromatic; quality good ; seeds rather 238. Cuthbert. (XD CUTHBERT. Fig. 238. R.
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