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CURRANTS. 



The currants did well considering the broken condition the plantation 

 is in. There is practically no change in the standing varieties over 

 former jears. London, Wilder and Cherry still lead, of the older kinds. 

 Ked Cross, a new variety, has not borne enough as yet to determine its 

 standing. Comet is a promising new sort of the Cherry type in both 

 fruit and foliage. The berries are large, stems short, and stocky. 



GOOSEBERRIES. 



The crop of nearly all of the kinds was exceptionally good. Frequent 

 sprayings with Bordeaux mixture and liver of sulphur kept the mildew 

 from making its appearance. The English kinds, such as Chautauqua, 

 Keepsake, Triumph and Columbus were exceptionally large and fine. 

 The only serious objection to the p]nglish kinds is the lack of vigor in 

 the plants. Their susceptibility to mildew is of little consequence as it 

 can be controlled. Champion is a small-sized gooseberry, which is a 

 good, strong grower and very productive. Downing, Pearl and Josselyn 

 are among the best of the American kinds, and all did well this season. 

 There are no new kinds fruiting. Not only are the European varieties 

 two or three times as large as the American gooseberries, but they are 

 superior in flavor and as they are fully as productive and bring a higher 

 price, they are well worth planting if they can have proper conditions 

 and care. 



RASPBERRIES. 



The new plantation of raspberries and blackberries has made a good 

 growth and the first fruit was picked from it this season. It contains 

 the best of the old kinds together with a very complete collection of the 

 newer sorts. Most of the plants made a good growth but the young 

 shoots of several varieties suffered considerably from the attack of 

 climbing cut-worms, which appeared in countless numbers. Moistened 

 bran and Paris green were used with good results in destroying them. 

 To prevent poisoning birds or chickens, fresh-cut clover leaves might be 

 treated with Paris green and used as a substitute. 



Of the red raspberries, Cuthbert, Marlboro, Phoenix, Loudon, and 

 Miller did especially well, while Thompson and Early King gave less 

 satisfactory results. Of the purple-caps, Columbian gave the heaviest 

 crop of anything in the plantation, although Haymaker followed closely. 

 Both are strong, vigorous groAvers and quite productive. Haymaker is 

 poorer in quality than Columbian and less firm, but otherwise they re- 

 semble each other very closely. Cardinal is inferior to both of the above 

 varieties. 



Black Caps. 



While Black Diamond gave the best yield, Cumberland, Gregg, Kansas, 

 Mills and Conrath all gave good results. 



In the old plantations the crop was very good upon both red and 

 black raspberries. Conrath, Kansas, Cumberland and Gregg are four of 



