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and has a sweet pleasant flavor. They average about eleven to the ounce 

 in weight. The first fruit ripened July 2 and the last July 30, holding 

 their size and quality well through the entire season. 



Eureka is a desirable early sort. Ripened June 20. The canes are 

 thrifty and healthy. In productiveness they rank well. The berries are 

 medium to large, round, a little conic, pulpy and have a pleasant flavor. 

 Averaged 16 to the ounce. 



Gregg is the most po])ular black cap grown and adapts itself to almost 

 any conditions. With good culture tliere are few superior. The canos are 

 strong, productive, but not quite hardy; berries attractive and of choice 

 quality. 12 to the ounce. 



Kansas is a very pi-oductive vnriotv largely grown for commercial pur- 

 poses. The berries are of good (luality and of medium size. Averaged 

 IG to the ounce. Ripened June 28 to July 2(5. 



Lotta seems to be very susce]>tible to the rust and anthracnose. The 

 berries are of good quality but the canes lack vigor. 



Ohio. — The canes are rather weak and spindling in growth but bear 

 heavily. The berries are rather small, bright black, round, pulpy and of 

 pleasant flavor. The period of ripening was June 29^to July 20. Averaged 

 30 to the ounce. 



Pride of Ohio. — It is not as productive as some of the other varieties, 

 but the berries are of a solid black color, firm and desirable. The canes 

 are hardy, strong growers. Fruiting x>eriod, July 6 to 24. Averaged 20 

 to the ounce. 



Livingston produced medium sized berries of fair quality. The canes 

 are strong growers and productive. , 



Palmer. — The berries average too small to be popular, ranking 29 to the 

 ounce. The canes are spindling but seem healthy. 



* PURPLE. 



Shaffer is the best known variety of this class. The canes are thrifty 

 and productive. Berries loose and of medium quality. 



Columbian is of better color, firmer, and the canes are less injured by 

 anthracnose. 



RED VARIETIES. 



Eaton, received from Amos Garretson, Pendleton, Indiana. The canes 

 are hardy, strong growers; fruit, dark red, oval, medium size and has a 

 tendency to rattle some. The quality is not u*p to the Loudon or Cuthbert. 



Harris. — The fruit is of poor quality, and the canes have a short, stocky 

 habit. The berries are of medium size, bright red, coarse, and crumble 

 badl3^ The flavor is flat and insipid. 



Loiidou ranks as one of the standard red varieties. The canes are 

 usually thrifty, and i)roductive of berries of choice quality. This and the 

 Cuthbert are two of the best red varieties. 



Ridgeway was received from M. H. Ridgeway, Wabash, Indiana. The 

 canes are very strong and thrifty growers but the berries are few in 

 number and small. The flavor and texture is good, 



(Jold, a yellow variety, was received from the same party. The canes 

 are good orowers find the berries are good for their class, but there is no 

 place on the market for them, the popular demand being for black or red 

 berries. 



Muskberry, a novelty sent out by John Lewis Childs of Floral Park, N. 



