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King. New. Scarcely enough cane growth and fruit to judge properly 

 of this variety. Closely resembles Hansell. 



Marlboro. Canes of small growth and quite badly diseased. Usually 

 productive and largely planted as an early berry. 



Royal Church. The fruits are of a dark, rich red color, very handsome 

 in appearance, and of good quality, but crumble so easily that they are 

 picked with difficulty. The bushes are moderately productive. 



Stayman No. 1. New. Canes of strong, healthy growth, and thickly 

 set with short, stiff spines. Foliage closely of Idceus type. The leaflet* 

 are very large, and being set very close, nearly cover the entire cane. Ber- 

 ries large, short i ound conical in form, and of a bright dark red color. It 

 is quite acid in quality, but pleasant. The fruits are a little inclined to 

 crumble. Judging from the first fruiting it promises to be very productive. 

 The season is late. 



Turner. The bush is hardy. The fruit soft but of high quality. Valu- 

 able for home use or for near market. 



BLACKBERRIES. 



The winter of 1895-6 was so severe as to kill the canes of many varieties 

 to the ground. No variety produced more then one-tenth of a crop. The 

 following partial notes may have some value in determining the hardiness 

 and adaptation of certain sorts to our climate. 



Eldorado stood the winter best of any sort grown, but the fruits borne 

 were so imperfect and small in quantity that no defiaite results as to the 

 fruiting qualities could be obtained. That it is equally as hardy as 

 Snyder has been well shown by the severe tests of the two past seasons. 



Taylor and Snyder were the two other sorts on which, it could be said, 

 fruits were borne, but the yield was very small. 



The following sorts bore a few small, imperfect berries: Early Clustery 

 Erie, Lincoln, Minnewaski, Ohmer, Stone's Hardy, Thompson's Mammoth, 

 and Wilson, Jr. 



Agawam, Childs' Everbearing, Early Harvest, Early King, Ford's No. 

 1, Jewett, Kittatinny, Lovett's Best, Maxwell, Wachusett, White Black- 

 berry and Wilson's Early bore no fruits. 



Lucretia dewberry, because of its trailing habit, stood the winter 

 better than did the blackberries. It did not bear a full crop, but the ber- 

 ries were very large, and, while quite acid, were still pleasant in flavor. 



GRAPES. 



The College vineyard comprises over one hundred varieties. Many 

 have not yet fruited. Owing to the numerous depredations committed, it 

 was impossible to get complete notes on the time of ripening, quality and 

 productiveness of all the varieties. The following are, therefore, not as 

 full or as valuable as they would otherwise be. 

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