The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-03-13
AMOS LARGE RASPBERRIES
New and Profitable Varieties.
,orrespondence ofthe Register.

| Correspondence OF the Register.
The unusually large number OF desIr.
| able fruits that have recently made their
appearance, pla'niy show that expert
mentors have not been Inactive. Sur
| prise after surprise has greeted US within
| the Dast two years, and following so
! quickly one after the other, that the
lovers of fruit III this country can indesd
say that they have been having a con-
tnusl feast. Perhaps IN 10 department
| OF the fruit world, have there been more
welcome additions than in that OF the
| raspberry. Among these new corners
are found some OF the largest specimens
OF TINS fruit that it has ever been our
fortune to meet with. What viii be
DQuslly welcome to many amateurs Is
the fact that these new fruits represent
the red, black and yellow classes luto
which the raspberry family Is divided.
The following descriptions will perhaps
prove of interest to those who like TO
Keep posted in regard to new fruits and
their quslItleS.
Earzg ProLifc-This new variety is 8
seeding of the "Philsdelphia,' once so
popular in the early stages Of raspberry
culture IN this country, and from appear
4nces this youthful scion bids fair to far
outstrip its worthy parent in popularity
and general favor. Ripening from week
to ten days earlier it will be well appre-
ciated BY those who have long sought for
good early variety, and its arrival adds
considerably to the time that this deli.
cious fruit may be had upon thu table.
The berries are large, OF dark red
color, rouudish, couiCal, and OF rich and
pleasant acid favor. The unusual sdap-
tation of the plants to warm, sandy loans,
and the fine crops that they give upon
such soils, will undoubtedly make tins
variety special favorlte at the South.
The productiveness of the plants Is q
merit that will be duly appreciated.
Nerc Rochslle-The wonderful crops
that are produced by this variety, when
reduced to figures, will seem almost IN
credible to many. The plants when set
out were placed somewhat nearer to-
gether than ususl-about three feet apart
each way Last summer these stools pro
duced from three 10 six quarts each.
or on an average Of four and a halt quarts
per plant. This wss at the rate OF con-
siderably over 600 bushels OF irui; TO the
scre. The good prices that the berries
brought in the market, from II to 10
cents per quart, made US feel very much
like calling out, Long live the new
Rochelle" The fruit is of large size, OF
very dark red color, something like
blsckcap, 10 which it is very similar IN
hsbits OF growth.
CoroIiae-This beautiful orange COL
ored berry will prove Erest iavorlte
with amateurs, or with those who like
to have variety upon their table. /:
resembles very closely the far famed
"Brinkle's Orange" but has the advan-
tsge of standing transportation to market
much better and OF growing upon plants
that are perfectly hardy. The berries
are large, of unusual y agreeable quality
and will be cordially welcomed by the
| lrui. growers OF our land. BdHGytrHis
/ and Hcrstine sre red varieuoi
/ Of unusual excellence for hot sandy
| loans or Southern soils-the first for
market, and the latter for family use.
| Henrietta and Pride OF tie Hudson are
famous rivss, each yielding berris;
| from two and halt 10 three inches IN
circumference; while the new blackcap
threatens to even eclipse our old tavori:e,
! the mammoth cluster. Time does not
permit Of the descriptions that they
merit.
Here upon the Hudson plantations OF
this fruit are made IN April and May
bat y. the South from the middle OF March
to the middle OF April would be better
/ time. l, is even better to plant IN Feb
rusry when possible, but II Will not make
so much difference il plants s-e ob,slasd
rom the \ orth " here they dc not csm'
merce to grow until the 10th or 2Oth OF
April. Plant either three or tour feet
apart, or, if IN rows, then pisce the row:
six Or seven teet distant trom each other
1t plants are obtained through the maj
from distant points, then m0lsten the rod;
well before planting out. Cultivate vel
snd rich crops will quickly follow.
K II. HAINEs,
SdngertieS on-Hudsorl, y. J.