TIL VARIETY TESTS AVITH RASPBEREIES, 

 BLACKBERRIES AND DEWBERRIES.'^ 



WENDELL PADDOCK. 



SUMMARY. 



PoscMrs'ky No. 15 takes first rank among black raspberries both 

 as to total yield and the amount of fruit produced early in the 

 season. Palmer has a long season as it is classed \Ndth both early 

 and late berries. Bahcock No. 5 and Mills were the two most pro- 

 ductive late berries. ^ 



Of red raspberries, Pomona gave the largest early yield and 

 ranks second In productiveness. Cline ripens most of the crop 

 in a few days and, aiS is usual with very early berries, is unpro- 

 ductive. Kenyon and Olathe were the most satisfactory late red 

 raspberries. Of the mid-season varieties Loudon, Cuthbert and 

 King. deserve special mention, 



Shafi'er and Columbian are as yet the two standard varieties 

 of purple raspberries. 



Of blackberries, Dorchester, Success, New Rochelle and Stone 

 Hardy were the most productive in 1897. Dorchester and New 

 Rochelle have not always been hardy here. Early King produced 

 the largest early yield. 



Lucretia is as yet the only dewberry of importance in this 



section. 



INTRODUCTION. 



The stiff clay loam of the Station gardens is not well adapted 

 to small fruit culture, but raspberries and blackberries succeed 

 much better than strawberries. Early in the season the ground 

 between the rows was plowed to a depth of about three inches 

 with a one-horse plow. This effectually loosened the surface soil 

 as could be seen by comparison with adjacent land that had not 

 been plowed. The influence of the plowing could be noticed as 

 long as cultivation was continued. After plowing the ground 



•Reprint of Bulletin No. 128. 



