Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-01-06
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highly commended. 1ts exceedingly hardy
and prolific. 1t is o larger variety than the
Kirkland, and the berries are of a bright,
handsome color, but too soft and brittle for
market; at least this is my opinion of it af-
ter three years experience.
Wilmington and Susqueco.-Th habit of
this sort is somewhat dwartish, the canes be-
ing short and stocky. The berries are rather
large for native sort, round, bright, light
red, and quite firm. A good market sort.
Cuthbert.-This is a new sort, of the pure
native stock lately brought to notice, but
the most can say of it is that it promises
well.
Herstine's Seedlings.--Of these the Her
stine, Elizabeth and Saunders have all failed
to come up to eXpectati ons' in my grounds.
The first is the best of the three, but it is
not as hardy as the Clarke, a well-known
foreign sort, while in quality the fruit is in
ferlor.. But several years since, while visit
ing Mr.. Herstine's grounds, Noticed several
unnamed seedlings which, in my opinion,
gave promise of more value than those se-
lected for propagation and dssemina ton. |
requested Mr.. Herstine to send me a plant,
each of two sorts which selected, and the
next fall he did so, labeled Herstine's O, and
Herstine's 100. Both have proved to be per-
fectly hardy, vigorous and productive, al
though the berries are not SIS large as the one
named Herstine, but firm and good. If any
one else procured these sorts from Mr.. Her
stlne, or from the grounds since his death, it
would be interesting to know how they have
succeeded. | have no plants to spare Of
either.
Purple Cane Raspberries.- soid purple
cane raspberry, as it is usually called, was
cultivated fifty years ago quite extensively
on Long Island, the fruit being sold in New
York markets. 1t is still an excellent sort
for home use, but too dull color to compete
with later introduced sorts. These purple
cane and purple fruited raspberries doubt
less are a distinct species from the native r.
st,igosus, and the black caps, r. occidentalis,
but it has never been recognized or described
by our botanists, hence remains nameless as
a species. 1t is occasionally found in high,
rocky situations in the northern states, and
especially throughout the southern tier of
counties in New York, as have seen it in
three myself, and received it from fourth.
The purple cane takes root from the branches
as freely as the black caps, but the Phila-
delphia, which is unquestionably of the same
species, does not The Hildreth is another.
and about intermediate between the two lust
named, and the fruit is also very distinct,
being darker than either and covered with a
dense bloom. But it matters not how much
the native wild sorts differ i'll growth, color
Or size of the fruit. They are always recog-
nzable as belonging to this distinct species,
which, for the want of any other name, we
may call Rubus panpeereo. The fruit is very
black, although sometimes of a purple or
maroon color and the epdermis on the
canes is also of a light or dark purple, COW
cred with more or less blue bloom, the same
as the fruit.
The Philadelphia is the best variety of this
species yet introduced, but there are, doubt
less, others to be found worthy of cultiva-
ton.
> Black Cap Raspberries OF late these have
become quite popular, and in q cholera sea-
som they would doubtless be very beneficial,
incidentally, to the community. They are
certainly hardy and productive, but it is not
every person who can eat them with impuni-
ty; still, there are enough who can to make
their cultivation, both for home use and mar
ket, worthy of attention.
e Having gone through the whole catalogue
of varieties, numbering several dozen,