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The injuiy from the cold of last winter, also, was comparatively slight, 

 only three or fonr of the most tender varieties, such as Brunton and 

 Dehring, having been perceptibly injured. 



Most of the varieties appearing in the following tabulation were planted 

 in the spring of 1888, and are therefore not yet fully in bearing. Still a 

 few of the notes are from older plants, for which reason another season is 

 requisite to enable us to fully determine their comparative productiveness. 



The manner of origination of varieties, as well as the dates of their 

 introduction or dissemination, are but rarely explicitly given. These par- 

 ticulars are therefore very generally omitted in the accompanying table: 



i. irregular, 

 o. oblong. 



ABBREVIATIONS. 



Form of Fruit. 



oval or ovate, 

 roundish. 



Color, 

 b. black. 



Jersey. Both are exceedingly productive, and the fruits very large, although not of 

 the highest quality. The canes lack hardiness, and at the north must be protected in 

 winter to insure regular crops. 



Agawam has been some years before the public, and seems to have not attracted the 

 attention it deserves. It is but slightly deficient in hardiness. Its vigor, size, and 

 productiveness fit it admirably for either the family or the market plantation. 



Erie is a new variety coming from Pennsylvania. It so closely resembles the Lawton 

 that some persons consider them identical. A careful comparison dviring this season 

 shows that the Erie has a decidedly more trailing habit, with the frviit fully as large 

 as Lawton, but more regularly roiinded in form. The Erie is also more hardy than 

 Lawton, and has stronger and more troublesome thorns than almost any other variety 

 we know. 



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