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worthy of extensive planting on account of several remarkable 

 characteristics of both plant and fruit. The plants are as hardy 

 and as healthy as those of its two well known parents, Loudon and 

 Marlboro, and are more vigorous. But comparatively few suckers 

 are produced and these are little crowded and are thus better able 

 to mature their crop. The yield is heavy and is well distributed 

 over a long season, which begins the earliest of any of the 70 varieties 

 growing at this Station — ripening as no other raspberry does, 

 in June, hence the name. The fruit resembles Loudon in color, 

 a bright, handsome red and averages larger than Cuthbert but is 

 more spherical. June ships and holds up in size unusually well 

 throughout the season. Last, but by no means least, June is high 

 in quality. We expect to see this variety become one of the most 

 profitable red raspberries grown. 



June is the result of a cross made on the Station grounds in 1897 

 between Loudon and Marlboro. From this seed, 338 plants were 

 secured, one of which, after fruiting for several years, was named 

 " June " and in 1909 was disseminated among raspberry growers. 



Plants more vigorous than either of its parents, upright, few suckers, hardy, very 

 productive healthy; canes stocky, nearly smooth, roundish, often with considerable 

 bloom; spines straight, of medium thickness, short, few in number and distributed 

 almost entirely near the base; season of bloom June 2 to June 9 in 1912. Fruit matures 

 very early (June 28 to July 16 in 1912), season long, keeps and ships well, adheres 

 well to the bushes, easily picked; berries very large, and holding their size unusually 

 well until the close of the fruiting season, firm, with large drupelets, bright, handsome 

 red resembling Loudon, mild subacid; of good flavor. 



Plum Farmer makes the best showing of any black raspberry 

 on the Station grounds. Black raspberries have more than their 

 share of diseases and other troubles, and plantations of this fruit 

 must be frequently renewed. How long a new variety, as Plum 

 Farmer, will continue to make high record is hard to tell, since its 

 present behavior may be in some degree a first flush of vigor. The 

 Station plants were set in 1909 and are not old enough to enable 

 one to determine how well they will withstand the vicissitudes to 

 which this fruit is subject. Reports from other regions where the 

 variety has been grown longer indicate that the variety holds up 

 well and that it has come to stay as a commercial sort. The plants 

 are vigorous, healthy, and were little injured here by the unusually 

 severe winter of 1911-12. Perhaps the chief value of Plum 

 Farmer lies in its season, which is early, ripening a week or more in 

 advance of Gregg. The fruit is large, about the size of Gregg, of 

 good color, high quality and ships well — all in all, a splendid new 

 fruit, well worth testing. 



Just where this variety originated and what its parents arc will 

 probably never be known. The first plant was found by L. J. 

 Farmer, Pulaski, New York, in a shipment of some other variety 

 received by him from Ohio about 1892. This plant quickly 



