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try to supply it. If your market is at a distance, the carrying quality, firm- 

 ness, is of prime consideration, everthing else is of comparatively little import- 

 ance. However excellent your fruit may be, if you cannot get it to market in 

 good condition it will not find buyers. 



Good size and attractive appearance sell raspberries in a local as well as a 

 distant market, high flavor is but little appreciated by the majority of buyers. 

 Tberefore whatever varieties possessing these qualifications can be grown profit- 

 ably in your locality, these are the kinds to grow. 



Turner and Cuthbert have been the most profitable red varieties for my local 

 markets. The Turner on account of its earliness and hardiness, and the Cuth- 

 bert for its size and productiveness. Of blackcaps the old Doolittle and Mam- 

 moth (Muster have been most satisfactory with me. Shaffer and Caroline have 

 never found much favor with my customers. 



E. H. Reynolds: Cuthbert and Turner sell as well and do best with me of 

 the red varieties, and Mammoth Cluster of the black. 



Prof. L. H. Bailey: The Turner is doing exceedingly well with us. 



E. H. Scott: Of the black varieties I would plant for a succession Tyler, 

 Souhegan, and Ohio. The Gregg for two years has badly winter-killed. Of 

 the reds I would say Hansell and Cuthbert. Hansell is the earliest I have; is 

 bright in color, and sells well, though it does not bear more than two-thirds as 

 much as Cuthbert. 



The Marlboro I am much pleased with, so far as I have tried it. Cuthbert 

 has done remarkably well in our locality, and is more grown than any other. 

 Turner is soft, but the best for home use. Shaffer is the best canning berry, 

 and the only purple berry that I would grow. It is also excellent to eat fresh, 

 but is too dark for market. 



A. G Gulley: I would grow Gregg and Cuthbert only. 



T. T. Lyon: Mr. Brown thinks Cuthbert has seen its best days in Berrien 

 county. Brandy wine is coming to be preferred. 



E. H. Reynolds: Mr. Ilgenfritz is planting Brandywine largely. I think it 

 fully as good as Cuthbert. 



A. A. Crozier: Brandywine on rather dry, clay soil, at Ann Arbor, has been 

 inferior in vigor and productiveness to Cuthbert. 



C. W. Garfield: With me, Cuthbert has withstood drought worse than any 

 other variety. 



T. T. Lyon: 'With me, Cuthbert has been more exempt from mildew than 

 other varieties. 



VARIETIES TO EAT. 



This topic was opened with the following note from P. C. Reynolds,. Secre- 

 tary of the Western New York, Horticultural Society: 



I feel some embarrassment in writing upon what is so clearly a matter of 

 taste, knowing thac that subtle sense viries so much in individuals that it would 

 be audacious for any one to set up his own as a standard. 



I may be under an illusion, but am impressed that I used, when a boy, rov- 

 ing over fields and woods, to occasionally strike a stool of black raspberries, 

 growing in just enough shade, with roots feeding in just the right kind of 

 eompost, that produced berries of the most delicate and exquisite flavor of any 



