342 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



King. — Canes of good growth and healthy, but scarcely productive 

 enough to make the variety profitable. The fruits are large, of fine color, 

 rather dry and somewhat inclined to crumble and drop easily, seeds large. 

 The quality is good though dry. 



Miller. — Canes are not of strong growth and but a small crop of fruit 

 was borne. The variety seems to have no points of special merit. 



Phoenix. — Received from J. T. Lovett & Co., Little Silver, N. J. Not 

 a large growth of cane, but productive for first year of fruiting. Berry 

 very large, round conical, slightly elongated in form, rich, dark red color, 

 and of very high quality. A variety of considerable promise. 



Royal Church. — While the fruits are very attractive in appearance and 

 of good quality, they crumble too easily to be of much commercial value. 



Stayman No. 1. — This variety was scarcely so productive as last season. 

 The canes are of stout, upright growth, and do not make enough laterals to 

 bear a large crop of fruit. The berries are large, dark color and of good 

 quality. The variety is very late to ripeu and would be valuable to 

 furnish a succession. 



Turner. — Is valuable where a very hardy sort is required. 



All Summer, Henrietta, Herstine, Rivers Yellow and Yellow Antwerp 

 were killed to the ground and bore no fruit. 



SUMMARY. 



The following varieties of raspberries are the most reliable or promising 

 |or central Sjicaigan. 



BLACK CAPS. 



Palmer for early. Conrath and Kansas for medium season, and Gregg 

 for late. Older is excellent fur home use. Black Diamond and Mills No. 

 l, r >, are very promising. 



PURPLE CAPS. 



Shaffer and Columbian have given good satisfaction while B>ekioith and 

 Redjield are promising new sotts. 



RED VARIETIES. 



Cuthbert is still the leading variety of this class planter), though the^new- 

 er sort, London, appears superior in some respects. Marlboro and Han- 

 sell have a place as early sorts. Phoenix is a promising new variety and 

 Stayman No. 1 possesses the merit of ripening the bulk of the crop late. 



BLACKBERRIES. 



A ew blackberries were quite severely injured by the winter, but most 

 sorts were in good condition after ctrtting back in the spring, to bear a 

 large crop of fruit. The frequent rains in July and August prevented 

 tne usual drouth occurring during that period and the blackberry crop was 

 one of the largest and best ever grown here. 



