Red Antwerp.—Canes dark brown, long, short-jointed. Fruit fairly thimble-shaped. Flesh firm, rich, juicy, with a fine, sweet flavor. Ripe about the fourth of July. There is a variety called Red Antwerp generally cultivated, with small fruit, readily broken into pieces, and wood of a reddish-brown color.
Franconia is a hardier variety than the former, and does better in colder latitudes. Fruit large, conical, of a bright red color. Flesh firm; flavor sharp; rich and abundant. Ripe about the middle of July.
White, or Yellow Antwerp.—Fruit nearly as large as the Red Antwerp; of the same shape. Flesh yellow, very tender, rich, and very sweet. Wood yellow; a great bearer.
Fastolff.—Within the past few years this variety though) an old one with a new name) has created quite an excitement in England, and not a little in this country. We fruited it two years ago, and consider it one of the best reds, though we do not think it the very best. Fruit very large; of an oval, conical form. Flesh very rich, juice abundant, and makes a beautiful dessert fruit. It will never be a popular market fruit, being so soft that it will not bear carriage, but will hold its place for home consumption. Ripe 4th of July.
Ohio Ever-bearing.—Fruit conical; color black; large size, produced in clusters on the points of the shoots. Flesh dark-red, juice not very abundant, produces through the whole season till frost, and quite indispensaable on this account. Wood strong, of a dark purple color.
There are several very astonishing and superior Raspberries raised from seed by an amateur gentleman of this city, some of them of a beautiful orange, and others of a bright amber color, whose true characters will be known in another year.
Propagation.—This is of the easiest character. Give the plants rich, deep, sandy loamy soil, and they will send up an abundance of suckers every season, each of which will form a plant and produce fruit the year following.
