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Vick, another southern seedling is abundantly vigorous and productive. 

 Its clear, bright color would, no doubt, render it popular as a market 

 berry, but for a lack of size. It is an abundant producer of pollen. 



Warfield (No. 2) is highly praised almost everywhere for its great pro- 

 ductiveness, fair size, firm texture, and for the hardiness and vigor of the 

 plant. During a three years' trial here, however, it has failed to reach 

 as high a ratio of productiveness as any one out of more than twenty 

 others in the collection. 



The following varieties, named nearly in the order of maturing, will 

 afford a succession for a family plantation throughout the ordinary season 

 of this fruit: 



Alpha (6), Haverland (p), Parker Earle (b), Belmont (b), Parry (6), 

 Mount Vernon (b), Gaudy (b). 



For market planting, the experience of this season indicates the follow- 

 ing, which are named in the order of their productiveness, with no regard 

 for sexuality or season of ripening: 



Parker Earle (b), Beder Wood (6), Haverland (p), Enhance (b), 

 Great Pacific (p), Bubach No. 5 (p), Mrs. Cleveland (p). The last and 

 lowest of these yielded 303 ounces of fruit from twenty-four plants; while 

 Crescent, under the same conditions, yielded but 172 ounces. 



RASPBERRIES— Rubus. 



Raspberry plants escaped apparent injury from the past winter. 



The plants upon which this season's observations have been made had 

 been so far affected by the growth and shade of fruit trees, among which 

 they had been planted, that only general observations respecting vigor 

 and productiveness were attempted. 



During the past season a new plantation of raspberries, together with 

 the other small fruits, has been made arranged to serve as the basis of 

 future observation and experiment. 



There has been a notable absence of insect depredation upon the rasp- 

 berry during the season. 



Anthracnose, which, in previous seasons has been the most injurious 

 fungous enemy of the raspberry, has been less prevalent than heretofore; 

 and, the former plantations having now been dug out and burned, it is 

 hoped that it may be held in subjection in the new plantations. 



Assuming that the botanical classification of varieties may serve a use- 

 ful purpose in the choosing of varieties for planting, such classification is 

 followed in the subjoined tabulations. In so doing, Superb is placed in 

 the Idaeus class, in compliance with scientific authority, although the cor- 

 rectness of such classification may be liable to grave doubt. 



A very considerable number of additional varieties, most of them new 

 or untested in this state, so far as known, have been added to the collec- 

 tion the present year, and have been given a place in the new plantation made 

 last spring. Many of these may, during the coming year, develop partic- 

 ulars worthy of note, though a still longer period will probably, in most 

 cases, prove requisite to properly determine their value. 



In the following notices of varieties reported last year will be found 

 embodied the results of the additional experience of the year now elapsed. 



Thompson having been transplanted to the new plat has afforded no 

 farther indications respecting its probable value. Its chief defect, if any- 

 thing, is quite likely to be deficient productiveness. 



