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Mid Season Varieties. 



Loudon, from C. A. Green, Rochester, N. Y., ranks first in yield 

 this season among the red raspben'ies. It has a long fruiting 

 season and gives a good late yield, though the percentage of late 

 yield is not as large as some others. The fruit resembles the 

 Marlboro; the plants are vigorous and have been perfectly hardy 

 here thus far. Cuthbert is one of the standard red raspberries 

 and is perhaps more grown than any other red variety. It is not 

 firm enough to ship long distances. 



King, from Cleveland Nursery Co., Rio Vista, Va., bears fruit 

 of large, fine, bright color, firm, good quality; plants vigorous 

 and hardy. It ranks fourth in productiveness among all the red 

 raspberries that fruited this season. 



PURPLE RASPBERRIES. 



Table VII. — List of Purple Raspberries Fruited in 1897, with a Com- 

 parative Statement of the Percentage of Early and Late Yield 

 OF Each Variety, 



By referring to the above table it will be seen that only one 

 variety, Addison, gave a large percentage of early yield. This 

 berry is not worth growing in this locality as the berries are 

 small and crumble badly. 



Smith Purple, from B. F. Smith, Lawrence, Kan., was the 

 most productive. This variety has all of the characteristics of 

 the black raspberries aside from its purple color. 



