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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



TABULATION OF RASPBEBRIES, 1S9S— Continued. 



Kenyon and Loudon liave been fruited for three years, and although they show 

 slight differenees in productiveness from year to year, owing to the different ways 

 under which they ihave been grown, in other respects they are practically identi- 

 cal, the size, shape, color and flavor of the fruit being the same and the fii'st and 

 last fruits were gathered upon the same days. The vines seem quite hardy and 

 productive, and as the fruit is of large size, slightly exceeding that of Cuthbert, 

 quite firm and of an attractive color, they seem to be very promising as marliet 

 sorts, although in quality they are not equal to Cuthbert. These varieties, as 

 well as Hansen, King, Miller and others, seldom branch and with them the prac- 

 tice so commonly recommended a few years since to pinch back the tips of the 

 new canes when they reach a height of two feet or thereabouts, is not advisaljle. 

 When allowed to grow naturally, the canes form strong buds, from which the 

 fruiting branches will be developed the following season, while if the ends are 

 pinched, the buds will develop the first year into slender shoots, upon which the 

 fruit buds Avill be weak. As a result of this the fruit will generally be small, and 

 may often fail to develop, and there will be an increased tendency toward winter 

 killing. Hence, for the non-branching varieties, the practice of pinching back the 

 new growths in the spring is not to be recommended. 



Miller is of less vigorous growth than Cuthbert. but the plants seem hardy and 

 productive and the fruit is large and of high qualit.v, being sweet and pleasant in 

 flavor. The color is attractive, and it seems to be a promising variety for home 

 use and for markets that ai-e easily reached, but the fruit is rather tender for dis- 

 tant shipments, 



Thompson has again failed to show valuable characteristics, as the fruit is 

 ■quite small and of inferior quality; and it is a medium season variety, although 

 high claims were made for it as an early sort. 



Black Raspberries.— The old variety like Carman, Clark, Cromwell, Doolittle, 

 Earhart, Hilborn, Lovett and Souhegan, although fairly hardy and productive, 

 produce fruit of a comparatively small size, and unless the plantations are 

 frequently sprayed ai'e quite subject to anthracnose, so that there seems to be little 

 need of retaining them in the fruit lists, as there are many well-known kinds that 

 equal them in other respects, and produce fruit of a good size. 



