REPORT OF STATE HORTICULTURIST. 45 



enormous damage to our trees. Failure to properly protect 

 wounds has given the organism a chance to spread and develop 

 until it is a continued struggle on the part of the grower to 

 hold it reasonably in check. 



Small Fruits. 



StrawUerries. The quality of the strawberry crop this year 

 seemed to be somewhat below standard. They were of good 

 size and normal color, but seemed to lack the texture and flavor 

 which have made them an essential to the diet during their 

 season. Weather conditions were of course responsible. The 

 vines this fall are particularly vigorous and we should look 

 forward to a bumper crop next year. Many of the growers 

 are planting the fall fruiting varieties in a limited way — thus 

 far with much success. Many varieties have been tested and 

 the most desirable seem to be the Superb and Progressive. 

 Prices for these berries have ranged from 20 to 50 cents per 

 quart, and the demand has been greater than the production. 

 What will be the result when there is a big supply of these 

 berries is a question, but certainly there is an opportunity here 

 at the present time. Probably the yield from such berries will 

 not equal that of the common sorts, so that it will always be 

 necessary to receive a higher figure in the marketing of them. 

 Plants have been hard to get, especially those grown locally, 

 presumably because the growers hesitate to pass such a good 

 thing into general circulation. 



Raspberries. There was severe winter-killing with the rasp- 

 berry canes last winter, especially with the Cuthbert variety. 

 The Herbert seemed to stand the adverse weather conditions 

 in a much more satisfactory manner and while not the equal 

 of the Cuthbert as a berry there is no doubt but what it should 

 be adopted more generally as the standard berry for Maine. 

 The everbearing St. Regis appears to have some advantages, 

 but there does not seem to be the opportunity here for such a 

 berry as there is in the case of the fall bearing strawberry. In 

 regard to the winter-killing of the cane it was especially notice- 

 able that the laid-down canes suffered fully as much as those 

 left standing. This was due, presumably, to the snow disap- 

 pearing so early and leaving the canes exposed to the weather. 

 During the warm periods the leaf-buds started out and were 



