accuminate, half tender, juicy, sweet, with a rich high flavor; pit, roundish, ovate, considerably ribbed; stem, varying in length and size; season, middle of June. Tree.-A vigorous, healthy, strong grower, forming a round regular head, very productive; flowers, large; foliage, abundant.

This cherry, originated by Professor Kirtland, of Cleveland, Ohio, has been very generally distributed and fruited all over the United States, and also by some of the best pomologists in France and England, and everywhere the testimony is that it ranks among the very highest in every particular.

KNIGHT'S EARLY BLACK.

Fruit.-Size, medium or rather above; form, obtuse heart-shape; surface, a little uneven; suture, broad, open, half round, with a knobby projection opposite; color, purplish red, becoming nearly quite black when fully ripe; stem, stout to medium, inserted in a deep round basin; flesh separates freely from the pit, is tender, juicy, rich and sweet; pit, medium; season, last of June.

Tree.-A stocky, strong grower, with short jointed wood, oblong leaves, and flowers of middle size. Originated by Mr. Knight, of England, in 1810. For amateur garden culture it is one of the finest varieties, making a tree of only moderate size.

DOWNING'S EVER-BEARING MULBERRY.

Fruit.-Size, one to one and a half inch in length and from one-half to fiveeighths of an inch in diameter, under high cultivation sometimes exceeding this average; color, purplish black, with small fine grains, of a delightful rich, subacid taste.

Tree.-Very vigorous, hardy and productive, coming into bearing the third or fourth year, and the fruit increasing in size as the tree acquires more and more a mature condition.

During the past few years the attention of fruit-growers has been called specially to this distinguished fruit, so different from other American mulberries, and it has become very generally disseminated. It originated about 1845 or 1846 with Charles Downing, of Newburgh, New York, one of the most experienced pomologists in this or any country, and on its own merits has worked its way to the prominent attention of the public. It forms a very elegant tree, and aside from its fruit value, deserves a place in every gentleman's grounds.

RASPBERRIES.

RED ANTWERP.

Synonyms.-New Red Antwerp, True Red Antwerp, Large Red Antwerp. Fruit-Size, large; form, conical; color, dull red; grains, large; flavor, rich and sweet; clusters, large; canes, moderately strong, yellowish green, becoming pale brown or mouse color, early in autumn, covered below with dark brown spines, but the upper portions, especially of the bearing wood, nearly smooth; of foreign origin, and all north of Philadelphia requires to have its canes laid down and protected during winter. It is a very productive and profitable variety under good cultivation, producing abundantly, and of the finest size and quality of fruit. Among all the foreign red raspberries the Antwerp yet holds a first position, and many growers upon the North river, where it is largely grown, claim that it more than pays for care and attention in protecting the canes by covering in winter.

PHILADELPHIA.

Fruit.-Size, medium to large; form, roundish; color, dark red; grains, large, coarse; quality, moderate; clusters, long; canes, strong, upright, smooth, purple, hardy and very productive.