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son. It gives indications of value, as a fruit of medium season, for both 

 the home and market. 



Gregg is too well known as a profitable, strictly market, variety to 

 require special notice. Aside from its dense pubescence and rather low 

 quality, its chief fault is lack of hardiness. 



Hilborn has not, so far, acquired a wide reputation as either a family or 

 market variety, although, to the writer's apprehension, it deserves a posi- 

 tion nearly or quite at the head of the list, so far as quality is concerned. 



Nemaha is a reproduction of the Gregg, with improved hardiness, as 

 alleged by those who claim to have thoroughly tested it. 



Ohio is popular as a hardy, vigorous, and very productive variety. It is 

 specially commended for its large, proportionate yield of the dried pro- 

 duct; but it is doubtless true that the increased yield consists not of dried 

 pulp, but of seeds instead. 



Palmer, origin Ohio, proves to be early for a blackcap, and one of the 

 finest and most vigorous and productive of its season. 



Smith (Smith's Giant), so far, has proved to be exceedingly vigorous and 

 very productive. It hails from Ontario, which may be taken as assurance 

 of its hardiness. 



Souhegan and Tyler, although doubtless of separate origin, are, for all 

 practical purposes, identical. They are valued especially for earliness, 

 although somewhat lacking in both size and productiveness, as compared- 

 with several later varieties. 



Sweet Home is an old variety which seems not to have taken a hold 

 upon popular favor, or to have developed specially valuable qualities. A 

 limited experience with it here gives little promise of better results. 



RED, YELLOW AND PURPLE VARIETIES. 

 Increeising by root-suckers; a few of which are also tip-rooting. 



Brandywine, though by no means new, is still valued as one of the best 

 red raspberries for marketing. Even when so overripe as to drop from 

 the plant, it may yet be marketed in fair condition. 



Caroline is an alleged hybrid between R. Idoeus and R. occidentalis . It 

 is very hardy, and roots from either suckers or tips, though somewhat 

 reluctantly from either. The fruit is of scarcely medium size, pale yel- 

 low, of delicate texture, and produced very abundantly. The quality is 

 only medium. Origin, New York. 



Cuthbert still holds an unquestioned position, as one of the most desir- 

 able of the red varieties, whether for the home plat or for market. The 

 plant is very vigorous and resists mildew of the foliage unusually well. 



Golden (Golden Queen) is clear bright yellow in color. Otherwise it is 

 very much like Cuthbert, in both plant and fruit. For the home plat it is 

 excellent. 



Griesa (the name of the introducer, temporarily applied) is a red vari- 

 ety. The habit of the plant is intermediate between R. strigosiis and R. 

 occidentalis. Like Caroline, it roots, rather reluctantly, from both suckers 

 and tips. The fruit possesses the general characteristics of R. strigosus. 

 It requires further trial to determine the question of productiveness. It 

 hails from Kansas. 



Hansell is early, and the plant hardy. It is valued for planting, to a 

 limited extent, for both home use and market, on account of its earliness. 



