New York Agricultural Experiment Station. 



291 



Shaffer and Columbian have been the most satisfactory purple 

 berries. There seems to be but little difference in productiveness 

 between the two. 



Teletaugh, from J. F. Street, West Middletown, Ind., is a new 



comer and has not been sufficiently tested to decide as to its 



merits. The berries are large, dark purple with an abundance of 



bloom that gives them a mouldy appearance. The fruit is firm 



and rather tart. Its season is somewhat earlier than Shaffer or 



Columbian. 



BLACKBERRIES. 



Table VIII. — Yield of BLACKiiEUiiiES in 1897. 





o 



a 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



NAME OF VARIETY. 



Dorcliester 



Success 



New Rochelle 



Stone Hardy 



Early Mauimotli . 



Agawani 



Erie 



Western Triumi)b 



Ford Xo. 1 



Woodland 



Ancient Briton 



Early King 



Lovett 



Wilson, Jr 



Sandford 



Black Chief 



Early Harvest . .. 



Child Tree 



Fruitland 



lu marketable 

 condition. 



Julv 

 July 

 July 

 Aug. 

 July 

 July 

 July 

 Aug, 

 Aug. 

 July 

 Aug. 

 July 

 Aug. 

 July 

 Aug. 

 Aug. 

 July 

 July 

 Aug. 



26 to Sept. 

 30 to Sept. 

 26 to Sept. 



9 to Sept, 

 28 to Aug. 

 28 to Aug, 

 30 to Aug, 



2 to Aug. 



7 to Sept. 

 30 to Sept. 



2 to Aug. 

 30 to Sept, 



7 to Aug. 

 23 to Aug. 



9 to Aug. 



7 to Sept. 

 15 to Aug. 

 26 to Aug, 

 12 to Aug. 



2 



7 



2 



2 



30 



30 



7 



30 



7 



2 



30 



7 



30 

 30 

 30 

 7 

 17 

 21 

 30 



r3 



a "^ 



a 







 

 

 

 

 

 3 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 5 

 

 

 

 3 







Most of the blackberries came through the winter uninjured by 

 the cold. On this account some of the varieties take a high rank 

 in yield that have not heretofore been productive here. 



Dorchester is a well known old variety. It has not always 

 been hardy here. 



Success, from L. W. Carr and Co., Erie, Pa,, received favorable 

 notice in onr report for 1896 and this season it takes second rank 

 in yield. The berries are of medium size with medium grains 

 and small core; quality good. 



