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Everbearer and Giant received from Jno. A. Salzer, La Crosse, Wis., are good 

 berries for their season, but did not appear to be especially valuable. 



Hawaii is an extremely productive and vigorous variety and for a medium early 

 sort to be grown under ordinary care it has some value. 



Hero failed to show productiveness sufficient to make it worthy of planting. 



Howard No. 2 has the same failing. 



Jersey Market for some soils would be a valuable medium late variety. 



Late Mastodon is a very late variety, but seems to fail to properly fertilize, and 

 developed many imperfect fruits. 



Leo has little to commend it, but Marie is a dark-colored berry of considerable 

 promise. 



Manokin is a good canning variety, having a firm acid pulp. 



Monitor promises to be of some value as a late variety. 



Perfection and Ponderosa are not especially desirable. The latter is early and 

 yields well, but is not equal to many of our standard varieties. 



Rip Snorter proves to be a heavy bearer and a wonderful grower, but is easily 

 frosted. With ordinary culture it is deserving of a place. 



Simons Early and Table Queen are of little value. 



Uncle Jim and Uncle Sam are two medium-late varieties of considerable value. 



BLACKBERRIES. 



The season was such that the crop was heavier than for several years and the 

 berries were of extra fine quality. 



A few A^arieties fruited for the first time this year, but it is difficult to base any 

 real value on them for general use until they have been given further trial. 



NOTES ON NEW VARIETIES. 



Howard — Received from Edgar Howard, Stevensville, Mich. Twelve plants were 

 received in 1901. They made a good growth of medium-sized canes and produced 

 a small amount of fruit. The berries are good color, of medium size, slightly 

 elongated, pulpy and have a pleasant flavor. 



Mer Sereau — Received from H. S. Wiley, Cayuga, N. Y. Plants put out in 1901 

 fruited this season. They seem to be vigorous growers, but lack in hardiness. The 

 berries are large, well-developed and free from the hard core found in many 

 varieties. The pulp is thick and has a sharp pleasant flavor. 



Nearly all of the older varieties gave a very heavy crop of fruit. . The plants 

 were but little injured by the winter and the frequent rains aided them in develop- 

 ing a fine crop of fruit. 



Allen — Under favorable conditions is a productive variety. The berries are long, 

 thick and of fairly good quality. 



Clark— Ripened August 16th and showed a long fruiting season. The canes are 

 strong, healthy growers and very productive; berries large and elongated; core, 

 small; pulp, thick and juicy, with a rich pleasant flavor. 



Fruitland — Began ripening August 12th. The canes are rank, upright growers 

 and contained a good setting of fruit. The berries are large, nearly round, have 

 a small core, and a rich pleasant flavor. 



Hesse— Has seemed to be rather tender. The canes are large and have a spread- 

 ing habit, branching close to the ground, which would make them difficult to 

 handle in a plantation, unless staked. The bei'ries are attractive and of fine quality. 



Rathbun — Is not sufficiently hardy to thrive without winter protection. The 

 plants made a medium growth, and set a good crop of fruit. The berries, which 

 are of large size and excellent quality, began ripening August 14th. 



Reyner — Commenced to ripen August 20th. The berries are of medium size, 

 round, of a bright, glossy, black color and had a pleasant mild flavor, but with 

 a large, hard core. They were rather small toward the end- of the season. The 

 canes were stout and upright. 



Sanford — The canes are of medium growth and as they were very productive, 

 the fruit was small and seedy. 



Sugar Plum — Is more of a novelty than a berry of any value. It was received 

 from John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, New York. The bushes resemble red rasp- 



