EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS. 



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RED AND ORANGE. 



HYBRIDS FROM THESE WHICH PROPAGATE BY SUCKERS. 



Color. 



b. bright. 



f. glossy, pa. purplish. 

 . light. 

 p. pubuscent. 



r. 

 o. 



red. 

 orange. 



ABBREVIATIONS. 



Fungi. 



A — Anthracnose {Glmosporium,venetum,Hpy.) light. 

 A+ Anthracnose, severe. 



for market purposes. Its texture is such that, even when fully ripe, it can 

 Temain ungathered for some time, without essential deterioration. 



The following varieties will afford a satisfactory succession for family 

 use, while the surplus, if any, will prove available for market. 



First, Thompson; second. Turner; third, Herstine; fourth, Golden 

 Queen; fifth, Guthbert. With high culture and careful winter protection, 

 improved quality may be secured by adding the Brinckle. 



Several of these so-called "tip rooting" varieties, if we may reason from 

 the color and other peculiarities of their fruit, may be supposed to have 

 originated, more or less directly, from the old Purple Cane, the origin of 

 which is not now known, but the characteristics of which indicate a pos- 

 sibly hybrid origin, in the remote past. 



Brief notes are added of the more valuable or promising of the tabulated 

 varieties, which are mentioned, as nearly as practicable, in the order in 

 which they ripen. 



Souhegan and Tyler, originated separately, are yet practically identical, 

 and in no important particular, differing from Doolittle, which is the 

 oldest of the named blackcaps, and ripens at the same season. 



Cromwell (which appeared in last year's report as Butler — the name of 

 its originator), is a Connecticut seedling, rii)ening with the early varieties, 

 and nearly or quite identical in both plant and fruit. Further trial is 

 .needful to fully determine its comparative value. 



Hopkins has valuable qualities as a market variety of medium season. 



