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Evaporating Red Raspberries.— In answer to the question " Would 

 it pay to grow red raspberries to evaporate if you had no market for the 

 fresh fruit ? " thirty-six growers say " No," four think it doubtful, and 

 five say " Yes." Three say that it would pay to evaporate the Shaffer 

 and perhaps some of the five who answered in the affirmative may have 

 had this variety in mind rather than the true reds. Those who have 

 tried it seem to be most positive in the belief that it will not pay. One 



A desirable, low-branching cane. — Cuthbert. 



grower says "No! No! I have tried it. Five quarts of fresh fruit 

 m^ke only a pound of evaporated." To test the yield in a small way, 

 two quarts each of Shaffer and Cuthbert raspberries were dried on 

 screens in the greenhouse. The baskets were well heaped, making 

 good full measure. The Shaffers averaged twenty-two and one-quarter 

 ounces to the quart and the Cuthberts twenty-three and one-quarter 



