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Belle and Parker Earle blossom late and thus escape early frosts. The plants 

 are of good growth and have proved very productive for many seasons. They 

 are excellent market berries. 



Bubach, Crescent, Haverland, and Warfield are the leading pistillates planted 

 by the general strawberry-grower. The inability of Warfield to withstand drouth 

 proved a serious fault the past two seasons. 



Beder Wood, and Woolverton, in addition to being most excellent poUenizers 

 for the pistillate sorts, are also valuable market berries. Wilson is also used as 

 a fertilizer, but its use is not so general as a few years ago. 



The severe frosts occurring during the blossoming period gave an excellent 

 opportunity to notice if any varieties were better able to resist frost than others. 

 The two hundred varieties were carefully examined in sex and position of blossom; 

 number and size of petals and sepals, length and position of fruit stalk, and 

 habit of growth of plant. 



The examination seemed to warx'ant the following conclusions: 



1. The pistillate varieties were much less injured by frost than the staminate, 

 other conditions being equal. 



2. The perfect-flowering sorts that have large-size, irregular blossoms with 

 numerous petals and sepals were most injured, unless the blossoms were protected 

 by tlie plants or turned downward. Examples — Wm. Belt, Brandywine, and Lower. 



3. Varieties having the blossoms erect, and thus exposed to the full effects of 

 frost, were badly injured. Examples— Huntsman, Epping, and Lovett Early. 

 Those sorts having blossoms turned downwax'd, as Afton, Belle of Lacrosse, and 

 Princeton Chief, were able to carry many blossoms through uninjured. 



4. Varieties having short and reclining fruit stalks, or stalks protected by the 

 foliage of the plant, as Mrs. Cleveland, Sadie, and Warfield, stood frost better than 

 varieties like Mystic, Pawnee, and Richmond, having upright fruit stalks. 



5. Varieties that blossom late, often escape a frost that severely injures those 

 that blossom earlier. Among late-blooming sorts are Belle, Gandy, Neptune, and 

 Parker Earle. 



6. Some varieties seem to recover from frosts and send out new blossoms much 

 better than others. Among those sorts that recovered well may be named 

 Bubach, Haverland, Leroy, Judsonia, No Name, Princess, Shawnee, and 

 Snowball. 



RASPBERRIES. 



The bushes were sprayed thoroughly with Bordeaux mixture just before growth 

 started in the spring. The treatment was repeated when the new growth was 

 about one foot high, special pains being taken to apply the spray to the new 

 growth. While the old wood of many varieties was badly affected with anthrac- 

 nose, the new canes are in good condition for next season's crop. 



The raspberries suffered much from dry weather and extreme heat during the 

 ripening season. The bearing period was so shortened by drouth that the dates 

 of last ripening of fruits is omitted. 



