STATE POMOI.OGICAI, SOCIETY. IO3 



It seems to be a hardy variety, of good quality, fine looking, 

 not too seedy, and a berry that does not break apart like some 

 of the new varieties we have had lately. I tried the Cardinal 

 and found that while large and productive the fruit was very 

 seedy and when picked was apt to crumble up. That was a great 

 trouble with the Marlborough with us. It is perfectly hardy 

 but the berry was so unattractive when in the market that it 

 was discarded entirely in favor of Cuthbert. The possibihties 

 in canning the raspberry ought to be looked into a little more 

 carefully. A friend of mine who was traveling in the north 

 of England a few years ago said that practically the whole of 

 the north of England, near the line between Scotland and Eng- 

 land, was devoted to the growing of raspberries, where they 

 are preserved and kept entirely for the use of the English army. 

 One of the contracts every year for the English army by the 

 Government is for so many thousand pounds of raspberry jam. 

 That is served to the soldiers in place of any other sweet sub- 

 stance, and they consider that the food value of the raspberry 

 jam is higher than almost any other form of sweet that they 

 can give to the men, with pure sugar. The English Govern- 

 ment is very, very careful about this particular product, that 

 there shall be no adulteration in it, that the jam shall be made 

 from pure sugar and pure, fresh fruit. So these canneries have 

 been started right beside a splendid market that would take 

 every bit of the fresh fruit. There are thousands of crates of 

 raspberries grown up there and during the fruiting season prac- 

 tically the whole of the shifting element of the cities in that 

 section goes out and picks raspberries from six to eight weeks. 

 So I think in our remote sections that possibility ought to be 

 looked into a good deal more. We have not half dereloped 

 the question of canning these small fruits in this country. You 

 find today those canned fruits that sell for the most money, in 

 the largest cities are put up by women in their own homes. I 

 know of two or three firms in Boston who handle quantities of 

 these small fruits put up in the homes by women who make 

 their pin money in this way. It ought to be done on a larger 

 scale. If we could guarantee pure, fresh fruit, there would 

 be no end of the sale of it. We import a great deal of canned 

 fruit today from the other side. This ought to be grown and 



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