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STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



ABBREVIATIONS. 



Classes. 



I. Idaeus. 



8. Strigosus. 



H. Probable hybrid. 



Form. 



c. conical, 

 i. irregular. 

 r. roundish. 



Quite recently a profuse powdery mildew has, to some extent, attacked 

 the foliage of the Turner raspberry, with the result of checking its devel- 

 opment when at scarcely more than half its normal size, although not, 

 apparently, injuring its tissues ; the result being, however, to check, if not 

 wholly arrest, the growth of the shoot. 



Insects have been but slightly troublesome to the raspberry. Early in 

 the season the girdling and ovipositing of the raspberry cane borer, 

 Oherea himaculaia, Oliv., was occasionally observed; but this can scarcely 

 be considered an injury, since the attacks were very rare, while the result 

 usually was the shortening of the cane, followed by branching, and a con- 

 sequently increased amoimt of bearing wood for the ensuing year's crop. 

 The subsequent operations of the larvcB may be readily prevented by the 

 prompt removal and destruction of the girdled portion of the cane, includ- 

 ing the egg deposited therein. The wilting and drooping of the tips of 

 the injured canes render their detection an easy matter. 



The following embrace the most desirable or promising of those included 

 in the tabulated list, arranged, as nearly as practicable, in the order in 

 which they ripen: 



Hansell is usually the earliest variety to ripen. Although the fruits are neither large 

 nor of high quality, nor yet is the plant vigorous, still it is worthy of being planted, on 

 a limited scale, on account of its extreme earliness. 



Marlboro, originated by the late A. J. Caywood of Marlboro, N. Y., has been put 

 forward as a market variety. Although moderately vigorous and hardy, its product- 

 iveness and consequent value for this purpose can hardly be said to be yet fully estab- 

 lished. 



Turner has been too long and too generally known to require description. On strong. 



