358 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Notices are appended of such varieties as are, or promise to become 

 desirable for either the home garden or for commercial planting, as well as 

 of certain more recent ones not yet fully tested. 



For convenient reference they are alphabetically arranged, as far as 

 practicable, by their recognized common names, and also designated 

 specifically. 



AMERICAN RED RASPBERRIES-.R. strigosus. 



(Including possible and supposed hybrids with R. Idcens.) 



Brandywine, Cuthbert, Early King, Hansell, Loudon and Miller rank as 

 more or less desirable commercial varieties. 



. Church is large, and of high, sprightly flavor, but so inclined to crumble 

 in picking, as to be quite objectionable. The plant also lacks vigor and 

 productiveness. 



Gladstone, sent forth, years since, under an honored name, produces a 

 <jrop of fruit at the usual season, and a second one, in autumn, upon the 

 current season's canes, but both are practically nearly or quite worthless, 

 at least in our northern climate. 



Golden Queen is merely a yellow Cuthbert, in plant as well as in fruit. 

 It is the best of the yellow, suckering varieties; though, unfortunately, 

 somewhat lacking in productiveness. It is well worth a place in the home 

 plantation. 



Marlboro and Thwack are regarded as hybrids. Both are of rather low 

 quality. They are popular on account of size, and perhaps productiveness 

 and good handling qualities. 



Beeder, next to Herstine, is large, excellent, and fairly productive. The 

 best of the red varieties for the home plantation. 



Turner, though very hardy, and of excellent quality, is too small and 

 unattractive in appearance. It is nearly or quite superseded. 



BLACKCAPS.— R. occidentalis. 



Conrath, Cromwell, Souhegan, Tyler, Doolittle and Palmer are among 

 the earliest of the species. Of these, Palmer has, so far, proved superior 

 in size and productiveness, though others approach it very nearly in these 

 respects. 



Earhart is desirable, if at all, for its habit of producing a second crop of 

 fruit, in autumn, upon the current season's canes, which, however, in this 

 climate, is quite liable to be ruined by frost while yet immature. 



Eureka, Gregg, Kansas, Nemaha, and several others are valuable as 

 medium to late commercial varieties. 



Hilborn is of superior quality; and for this reason, desirable for the 

 home plantation, for those who prefer blackcaps. 



Johnston and Ohio are productive and popular for evaporating, yielding, 

 as they do, an unusually large percentage of the dried product, which, 

 however, is mainly due to their excessive seediness. 



A very considerable number of the tabulated varieties of this species, 

 though for several years before the public, and of nearly or quite average 

 quality and actual value, seem likely never to win popularity, and may 



