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disease nor insect appeared. After the plants had fruited, the old canes were cut 

 out and oats were sown on the 23rd of August, as a winter mulch and to aid in 

 ripening off the growth by the removal of surplus Avater from the soil. The season 

 was quite favorable 'to the raspberry crop, and an excellent yield was secured 

 from nearly every variety. Although most of the kinds have received attention in 

 previous reports, the following descriptions are given under their respective classes: 



American Red Baspberrie.^, including supposed hybrids with the European Rasptjerry. — 

 Among the more productive of the red varieties were Brandy wine, Churcli, 

 Cuthbert, Early King. Golden Queen, Hansell, Kenyon, Loudon, Marlboro, Miller, 

 Reeder, Thwack and Turner, several of which are well-known commercial varieties. 

 Among the older kinds, Cuthbert is among those best known, and it generally 

 proves satisfactory. Although not especially productive. Hansell ripens about one 

 week earlier than most of the other sorts, and being early and hardy, is a valuable 

 sort for home use and in a small way, perhaps, for market. 



King, for which high claims are made, on account of its supposed earliness, has 

 not shown that characteristic to a marked degree, ripening four or five days later 

 than Hansell and but two or three days before Cuthbert. The plants are quite 

 hardy and of healthy though rather slender growth, owing to the tendency to 

 sucker freely. Where the canes are properly tliinned out, the fruits reach a fair 

 size, comparing well with Hansell and the other early kinds. 



TABULATION OF RASPBERRIES, 189i. 



Abbreviations — c, coDical; o, ob'at^; ob, ob'ong: r, loundish; b, bl-icki^h; p, pubescent; pu, 



pnrplifeh; r, red ; y, yellow. 



