DIVISION OF EOhTIClLTLRE 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



RASPBERRIES. 



Nine varieties are being tested. There are two rows of each variety 30 feet long, 

 with the roAvs 7 feet apart. The stand is not perfect in all cases so the yields are not 

 altogether comparable, b\it are of sufficient interest to warrant reioorting. 



Raspberries (Irrigated) — Test of varieties. 



Variety. 



Date of first 

 picking. 



Date of last 

 picking. 



Actual 

 yield. 



Size of 

 fruit. 



MarlJDoro July 



Herbert ' 



Loudon i 



Early King | 



Cuthbert i 



Ruby j 



Sunbeam : 



Sarah i ' 



Golden Queen 1 



9 

 14 

 16 

 10 

 15 



9 

 10 

 18 

 15 



Aug. 9. 



" 15. 



" 16. 



" 11 



" 16 



" 15. 



" 16. 



" n 



" 16. 



Pints 

 60* 

 42 

 40i 

 40 

 301 

 291 

 261 

 18 

 13 



Large. 



Large. 



Large. 



Medium. 



Medium. 



Medium. 



Medium. 



Small. 



Small. 



Eed Currants (Irrigated) — Test of varieties. 

 Three plants of each variety were planted in 1908, 6 feet apart each way. 



Variety. 



Date of 



first ripe 



fruit. 



New Red Dutch.... 



Large Red 



Moore's Seedling. . . . 



Red English 



Red Grape 



Victoria Red 



Red Dutch 



.Cumberland 



Pomona 



Raby Castle 



Greenfield 



La Conde 



Prince Albert 



Champagne 



Frauendorfer 



Long Bunch Holland 



Fay's Prolific 



Wilder 



July 9 



" 9 



" 12 



" 8 



" 9 



" 10 



" 12 



" 12 



" 11 



" 8 



" 8 



" 12 



" 19 



" 19 



" 10 



" 11 



" 12 



" 19 



Date of 



last 

 picking. 



July 31. 



" 31. 



" 31. 



" 31. 



" 31. 



" 31. 



" 31, 



" 23. 



" 23. 



" 23. 



" 23. 



" 23. 



" 30. 



" 31. 



" 31. 



" 23. 



" 23. 



" 23. 



Actual 



yield 



from 



Shushes. 



Size of 

 berry. 



Pints. 

 31 

 26i 

 24 

 21 

 20i 

 20^ 

 18 

 16 

 131 

 12^ 

 12^ 

 11 



*3 



2 

 o 



i Large. 



[Medium. 



I Large. 



iMedium. 



! Large. 



iMedium. 



Medium. 



Medium. 



IMedium. 



Medium. 



Medium . 



Medium. 



Large. 



Large . . . 



Large. 



Medium. 



Large. 



Large. 



Lethbridge. 



