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Barnet Raspberry. Hort. Soc. Fruit Catalogue, p. 196.
Cornwall’s Prolific Raspberry
Cornwall’s Seedling Ditto .
o f various Gardens.
Cornwall’s Red Ditto . . . .
Large Red Ditto .................
This variety is said to have been raised from
seed in the Garden of a Nurseryman named Cornwall,
at Barnet in Hertfordshire, from which cause
it has received the several different appellations
enumerated above.
I t is to be distinguished from the Red Antwerp
Raspberry, in the canes being much inclined to
branch, and in the prickles being long, slender, and
red d ish : the prickles of the Red Antwerp are deep
purple, short, and much dilated.
I t is very prolific, and ripens early ; but not bearing
carriage well, it is not cultivated for the supply
of the m a rk e t: it is, however, grown in a number
of private Gardens, on account of its great excellence.
Canes long, yellowish green, frequently tinged
with purple, and branching towards the ground;
they are thickly covered with slender bristles, which