312 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Centennial : — Mid-season. Bears well but the fruit is too small for 

 profit. Quality fair. Moderately vigorous. Not valuable. 



Conrath : — A- popular berry that ripens early and lasts through a long 

 season. Of good size and bright color. Quality good. Plants only 

 fairly vigorous. A little shy in its bearing qualities. 



Cumberland: — The best blackcap in cultivation. It is a strong, 

 healthy grower and very productive. Well shaped and of bright color. 

 Quality good. Should be set for home use and market. 



Eureka: — Fruit of good quality and color. Plants moderately vigor- 

 ous. Berries held up well during the dry spell. Promising as a good 

 market variety. 



Gregg: — Although a standard kind it made a poor showing this 

 year. The berries were ill-shaped and crumbled easily. Its whitish 

 bloom is a drawback for market purposes. The Cumberland is now 

 more popular. 



Kansas: — Mid-season. A little earlier than Cumberland. The plant 

 is a thrifty grower, and made a good growth this year. Generally bears 

 well. Fruit varies in size, some seasons running rather small. This 

 year it was ill-shaped. 



Livingston : — A thrifty grower, being more so than Cumberland. 

 Ripens with it but does not stand drouth as well. Fruit medium large 

 and well formed. Bright in color. Valuable. 



Nemaha : — Mid-season. Fairly vigorous but only a fair bearer. Seedier 

 than the Cumberland and not of as good qualit}'. Has white bloom. 

 Medium large. Not a market berry. 



Onondaga: — Produces a fair quality berry which is a little larger and 

 a little earlier than the Cumberland. The berry is attractive and stands 

 the drought well. Bushes are not over vigorous but make a good show. 



Ramson Everbearing: — As its name suggests it bears throughout the 

 season. Bears well but the fruit is too small to be valuable. Quality 

 good. Plant moderately vigorous. 



Purple Caps. 



The purple cap varieties are supposed to be a cross between the red 

 and black raspberries. The plants are generally strong and vigorous 

 and quite prolific. Although the flavor is not such as to make them 

 desirable for eating in a fresh state, they make excellent canning ber- 

 ries although their color and tenderness are against them for market 

 purposes. 



The fruit of the purple caps is similar to that of the red varieties 

 while the growth of the plants is like that of the blackcaps. 



The following notes were taken upon the purple cap varieties grown 

 at the station during the past year: 



Cardinal : — Its beauty is in its plant which produces a vigorous 

 growth, with a bushy top, giving the row a hedge-like appearance. The 

 fruit is of poor quality but is fairly firm, and the plants are quite pro- 

 lific. Fruit is also rather small for i)urple-caps. Worthless. 



Columbian : — The most valuable purple-cap. Bushes are very vigorous 

 and prolific. The berry is large and of very good quality. Firm for a 

 purple cap. Valuable as a canning berry for which purpose it is hardly 

 excelled by anything in the raspberry line. 



