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For a family or farm garden, to be grown in matted rows, mere quantity 

 being of less importance than quality, a good selection of five varieties 

 from the foregoing lists would be Alpha or Covill for early, followed by 

 May King, with Belmont and Parry for medium and late, and Mount 

 Vernon to close the season. 



If to be grown in hills for the use of the family. Alpha, Bidwell, Bel- 

 mont, Sharpless, and either Mount Vernon or Kentucky, would give a good 

 succession. 



For market, in matted rows, a profitable succession would be Crescent 

 or Haverland with Miner as a fertilizer, Bubach No. 5 with Logan to 

 fertilize it; closing the season with Mount Vernon, or perhaps Kentucky. 



For market, to be grown in hills, a good succession would be Covill, 

 Cumberland, Jessie, Sharpless, Mount Vernon, and perhaps Kentucky. 



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VARIETIES OF ID.EUS AND STRIGOSUS AND SUPPOSED HYBRIDS, INCREASING 



BY SUCKERS FROM THE ROOTS. 



Although usually considered less hardy than the cap varieties, these seem 

 generally to have come through the last winter with little apparent injury, 

 excepting only such tender varieties as Brinckle, Herstine, and possibly a 

 few others, supposed to be mostly or wholly of Idaeus parentage. 



The spring and early summer here were generally wet and cool, and 

 therefore favorable to the development of fruit, so far as size and quantity 

 are concerned. The weather more recently has been hot and dry. This 

 change seems to have resulted in the development of several forms of 

 fungus. Of these, Anthracnose, or Raspberry Cane Rust, Glceosporium 

 venetum SjDeg., has been more or less common, and has in some cases 

 seriously checked the growth of the new canes. 



