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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



SEEDLING EASPBEERIES. 



The seedling raspberries so favourably mentioned by a joint committee of the 

 fruit-growers of Ontario and Quebec, in the annual report for 1890, have been under- 

 going further trial. Transplanted and subjected to ordinary field culture, some 

 have not sustained their early reputation, while others at first not deemed very pro- 

 mising have done remarkably well. 



Fig. 2. SARAH. 



One variety not mentioned by the committee in this report for the reason that 

 being very late, it was not at its best during the time of their visit, has since shown 

 so many points of excellence that it has been named and is now being propagated 

 for distribution. It may be described as follows : — 



Sarah. — (Eecord number 4-38.) Produced in London, Ont., by Prof Saunders, 

 from seed of Shaffer's Colossal. Plant a moderate grower, suckering freely, and pro- 



