It is not remarkably productive on many soils,
but the fruit is so delicious that it well deserves a place. The
Duchess and Bidwell follow in the order of ripening. On my grounds
they have always made enormous plants, and yielded an abundance of
good-flavored berries. The Downing is early to medium in the
season of ripening, and should be in every collection. The Indiana
is said to resemble this kind, and to be an improvement upon it.
Miner's Prolific is another kindred berry, and a most excellent
one. Among the latest berries I recommend the Sharpless Champion,
or Windsor Chief, and Parry. If one wishes to raise a very large,
late, showy berry, let him try the Longfellow. The Cornelia is
said to grow very large and ripen late, but I have not yet fruited
it. As I said fifteen or twenty years ago, if I were restricted to
but one variety, I should choose the Triomphe de Gand, a foreign
kind, but well adapted to rich, heavy soils. The berries begin to
ripen early, and last very late. The Memphis Late has always been
the last to mature on my grounds, and, like the Crystal City, is
either a wild variety, or else but slightly removed. The Wilson is
the great berry of commerce. It is not ripe when it is red, and
therefore is rarely eaten in perfection. Let it get almost black
in its ripeness, and it is one of the richest berries in
existence.
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