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large, absolutely perfect in form, dark crimsou in color, enormously pro- 

 ductive, extremely firm, the only faults it has being rather short roots, 

 which cause it to suffer from drouth sooner than some other varieties; and 

 producing plants in excess, which must be kept down or the crop will be 

 swamped by them; bloom, pistillate: foliage, healthy. Parker Earle. a new 

 candidate for public favor, comes to us without a single defect being 

 reported from the experiment stations or by private parties, a record no 

 other variety can claim; makes enormous plants with very few runners: 

 bloom, staminate. and so late as to miss all frosts; frnit large, uniform, 

 good in color and quality, perfect in form, and the best shipper I ever saw. 

 I sent a few crates to Chicago market in 1891 and they were promptly 

 taken at fancy prices, and I could have sold thousands of plants as soon as 

 they were introduced had I had them. It ripens from midseason to late. 

 Michel's Earlv. while it has not filled all the claims made by the intro- 

 ducers, is still one of the most valuable I have, owiug to its extreme 

 earliness and the fact that it blooms early and resists frost perfectly, pro- 

 duces a fair crop of extra-early berries of same size as Crescent; foliage 

 healthy, bloom staminate, and the best variety I know for setting with 

 such pistillate varieties as Haverland, Bubach, and Warfiekl, as it remains 

 so long in bloom. 



RASPBERRIES. 



In the blackcap varieties, the Palmer fills all the requirements for an 

 early berry, ripens with the Souhegan and Tyler and is more productive; 

 is also free from disease, a rank grower, with large, jet-black fruit, and 

 ripens heavy pickings at first, which is very much in its favor. I see no 

 defects after three years' fruiting. For a late crop I have found nothing 

 better than Gregg, although it has some defects. It ripens late, produces 

 immense crops of large fruit with a dusty bloom, ripens its entire crop in 

 a very few days; but the cane is somewhat tender, showing bad effects of 

 cold weather at about ten degrees below zero when the plant is in normal 

 •ondition. but will come through and bear a partial crop at fifteen degrees 

 below. 



RED RASPBERRIES. 



Turner is still the highest standard of hardiness and quality, ripens 

 early, and is very productive, but is quite soft for shipment — requires 

 careful handling. Cuthbert is a great favorite for late crops; is a rank, 

 straggling grower, later and larger than Turner; color, crimson; darker 

 than Turner, quite firm, a great market variety; but the cane is only mod- 

 erately hardy. Braudywine is quite a favorite with some growers. The 

 cane is a light grower, but produces wonderfully of large, bright-colored 

 berries of great firmness and poor quality. Marlboro's foliage, owing to 

 its foreign blood, sometimes fails during our hot summers; but where it 

 succeeds it is a great money-maker, being earlier than Turner and larger 

 and firmer than any other; quality, poor. Shaffer has some friends; is a 

 strong grower, enormously productive of large, purplish, dirty-colored 

 fruit of good quality, excellent for family use, but not adapted to the wants 

 of a city market. 



BLACKBERRIES. 



The Snyder is a universal favorite on account of its hardiness and good 

 quality, being very productive of medium-size berries, but suffers quickly 



