Keywords: Lovett's illustrated catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees and plants for the autumn of 1891 (17002311465).jpg J T Lovett Co Raspberries <br> LOVETT or 1000 00 RASPBERRY <br> The canes a7-e of vigorous growth the tallest being over six feet The berries are borne in short <br> racemes somewhat like those of Gregg are nearly as large black glossy with some bloom around the <br> base of the di-upelets They are as firm as it is desii-ahle a blackcap should be and never drop from the <br> receptacle There was no marked difference in earliness between the Palmer Progress and Lovett <br> Judged from the first season of fruiting it is an improvement all things considered over any variety <br> we have tned Rural New Yorker in Notes from the Rural Grounds <br> The Lovett Raspberry which could with propriety have been named Lovett's Thornless being practically <br> destitute of thorns has the past season fully sustained in a fruiting field of six acres all that has been <br> claimed for it; and taken all in all has proved itself to b by far the best black raspberry that has as yet <br> been put upon the market Unlike the Gregg which it nearly equals in size of berries it is of Ironclad <br> hardiness; and is the strongest in growth of cane of any unless possibly the Ohio excepted In enormous <br> yield it is without an equal Add to these properties superior quality jet black color firmness and long <br> life after gathered adhering to the bush when ripe and above all its earliness ripeninff with Souhegan <br> and the other very early sorts and we have in it what has so long been wanted and a most valuable fruit <br> So far from regretting our outlay of 1 000 00 for the control of this berry we now congratulate ourselves <br> on our good fortune in securing it for that sum It is entirely distinct from all other sorts We have now <br> fruited the variety for three seasons and know positively that it possesses the merits claimed for it <br> Price dozen 2 00; lOO 10 00; lOOO 75 OO <br> Transplanted plants dozen 2 50; lOO S12 00 <br> 12 42764464 136632 68527 Page 12 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/42764464 1891 10 5962/bhl title 68527 Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection ; J T Lovett Company ; J T Lovett Company Biodiversity Heritage Library Lovett's illustrated catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees and plants for the autumn of 1891 Catalogs Commercial catalogs Fruit J T Lovett Company Little Silver New Jersey Plants Ornamental Seeds Shrubs U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 42764464 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/42764464 bhlGardenStories Raspberry j t lovett company little silver new jersey plants ornamental u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-04-01 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/17002311465 2015-08-23 22 08 22 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Lovett's illustrated catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees and plants for the autumn of 1891 Photos uploaded from Flickr by FĂŚ using a script Raspberries in art |