EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS 295 



KOTES ON VARIETIES. 



Ada did not make so good a showiDg this season as in the previous ona 

 The canes made a weak growth and were badly attacked with anthracnose, 



Caroline. The fruit is a dull yellow color and rather insipid in flavor; 

 too soft for market. 



Columbian. A variety resembling ShafPer somewhat in general charac- 

 teristics, but its cane growth is stronger and the berries are firmer and a 

 little better in quality. As grown here it slightly leads Shaffer in 

 productiveness. 



Conrath. We have grown this variety for several seasons and have 

 found it uniformly productive. The berries are large in size, the quality 

 good, and they hold out well. The canes were healthy, but little disease 

 showing. Its season is medium early. 



Farnsworth. This variety stood the winter well and was quite free 

 from disease. The fruit is large, firm and of good quality. An excellent 

 variety for home use or market. 



Gregg. The best late market sort. The canes are lacking in hardiness, 

 and it should only be placed in high, well-drained soil. 



Green's New Rasj)herry. This was the first season of fruiting. The 

 growth is healthy. Berries of good size, deep black in color with some 

 fuzz; eeeds small. The fruit is not very firm but is of high quality. Not 

 enough growth or fruit to judge of merits. 



Kansas. For another season this was the most productive black cap 

 grown. The canes were hardy and but little troubled with disease. The 

 fruit is large, of fine appearance, and firm though not of best quality. 

 One of the best medium season market berries. 



Lovett. The canes are not hardy and are quite subject to anthracnose. 

 The bushes bore a fair crop of fruit but the berries were small and lacking 

 in flavor. 



Mills' No. 15. Fruited for the first time this season. Fruit is large, 

 jet black in color with some bloom, the seeds are small. In season a 

 little earlier than Gregg; berry not as large, with less bloom, not so dry or 

 so firm, but better in quality. The bashes are of good growth, healthy 

 and productive. It is a promising variety. 



Ohio. The leading variety for evaporating purposes. 



Older. This variety is very vigorous and healthy in cane growth, and 

 bears a large crop of fruit which holds its large size to close of season. If 

 the berry were firmer it would make a most excellent maiket sort. Valu- 

 able for home use or near market. 

 "^Palmer. One of the best early market sorts. 



1 Shaffer. For canning and home use this variety has few superiors 

 among the better known sorts. Tbe canes were badly injured by winter 

 and anthracnose, and this is a common failing of the variety. 



Winona. This variety made but little cane growth during the season, 

 though bearing a fair crop of fruit. The variety seems to possess no 

 prominent qualities, but will be given further trial. 



Cromwell, Ebon Beauty, Hopkins, Jackson's May King, Progress, Smith, 

 and Virginia, were weak in cane growth, badly affected with anthracnose, 

 and bore but a email crop of fruit. 



