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moderately productive, the lack of firmness and poor quality of fruit render it of 

 but slight value. 



Oceau City. — Plants perfect flowered. Fruit medium size, roundish conical, com- 

 pressed; color bright crimson, rather dark and of a handsome appearance; flesh 

 scarlet; seeds prominent, greenish vrhen matured; texture moderately firm; core 

 open; flavor sprightly; quality good. If sufficiently productive, it may prove a 

 valuable variety for market pui*poses. 



Patrick.— Plants quite strong, perfect. Fruit medium size, conical, compressed; 

 color bright and rather light crimson; flesh scarlet, seeds prominent; color greenish 

 at maturity; texture quite firm; core slightly open; quality fair to good. Quite 

 productive. A promising market sort; season June 8. 



Perfection.— Plants perfect fiowered. Fruit medium size, conical to roundish 

 conical, compressed; color very bright crimson; flesh scarlet, seeds small, slightly 

 sunken, ved at maturity: texture rather firm; fiavor pleasant; quality good; season 

 June 14. A very handsome berry and if it proves sufliciently productive, it 

 promises to be valuable either for home or market. 



Premium.— Plants quite strong, imperfect. Fruit medium size, oblate, generally 

 irregular; color dark scarlet; flesh light scarlet; seeds prominent, purple at maturity; 

 texture moderately firm; core slightly open; flavor sprightly; quality failrly good; 

 season June 16. Productiveness fair to good. 



Pride of Cumberland.— Plants perfect flowered. Fruit rather large, roundish 

 conical; color bright, light crimson; flesh scarlet, seeds numerous, prominent, 

 brownish; texture quite firm; core open; fiavor sprightly; quality good; season June 

 9. Fairly productive. Worthy of trial as an early market sort. 



Peabody.— Plants fairly vigorous, perfect. Fruit medium size, conical, com- 

 pressed, irregular; color rather light scarlet; flesh light colored, seeds sunken, 

 greenish; texture rather soft; flavor slightly vinous; quality fair; season June 11; 

 quite productive. Promising for near-by markets. 



Ridgeway.— Plants fairly vigorous, perfect. Fruit large, roundish; color dark 

 crimson; flesh bright scarlet; seeds prominent, reddish brown; texture quite firm; 

 core open; flavor quite pleasant; quality good; fairly productive; season June 13. 

 The plants thus far have been only moderately productive, but if this quality is 

 developed it bids fair to be a valuable market variety. 



Satisfaction.— Plants quite strong. Fruit medium size, conical, somewhat ir- 

 regular; color light crimson; flesh bright scarlet; seeds numerous, sunken; texture 

 rather soft: quality fair: season June 11. Only moderately productive. 



Sparta.— Plants fairly vigorous, perfect. Fruit medium size, roundish, irregular; 

 color bright, dark crimson; flesh quite pale; seeds numerous, small texture firm; 

 flavor sprightly; quality fair; rather under the average iu productiveness. 



Star.— Plants quite strong, perfect. Fruit rather large, roundish conical, ir- 

 regular, compressed; color dark crimson; flesh light scarlet; seeds many, slightly 

 sunken, color purple; texture moderately flrm; flavor vinous; quality fair; season 

 June 11. The plants were among the most productive and promise well as a 

 variety for local markets. 



Stone.— Plants fairly vigorous, imperfect. Fruit medium size, conical, irregular; 

 color bright, dark scarlet; flesh light scarlet; seeds sunken, greenish white; texture 

 moderately firm: core open; quality fair; season June 9. Productiveness fair. 



Sunrise.— Plants quite strong, imperfect. Fruit medium to large, roundish, com- 

 pressed, irregular and sometimes oblate; color dark, bright scarlet: flesh light 

 scaylet: seeds medium size; slightly sunken, reddish; texture quite firm; core open; 

 flavor sprig-htly, pleasant; quality fair to good; season June 9. The plants are 

 quite productive and it seems to be a promising sort either for home use or market. 



Tennyson,- Plants quite strong, perfect. Fruit medium to large, roundish to 

 roundish conical; color dark scarlet; flesh light; seeds medium size, purple; texture 

 rather soft; core open; flavor not rich, but rather pleasant: quality fair to good; 

 season June 12. Plants moderately productive. Valuable for local markets, if at 

 all. 



RASPBERRIES. 



The trial plantation of raspberries was made in 1896, and is now in excellent 

 bearing condition. After the plants had received their spring pruning, they were 

 sprayed with a solution of copper sulphate, using one pound to twenty-five gallons 

 of water, and after the new growth had started, an application of Bordeaux 

 mixture of the usual strength was made for the prevention of anthracnose, and this 

 proved sutficieut to keep the new canes practically free from attack. No other 



