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best of the hybrid or purple cane class. Particularly valuable for culinary purposes. 



Emmet. — Received from A. H. Griesa, Lawrence, Kansas, in 1895. A small to 

 medium grower, moderately productive of fruit of large size, but rather low quality. 



Gladstone. — Fruit small and crumbles so badly in picking as to render tlie variety 

 almost worthless. The plants are ver^y strong growers. 



Redfield. — A hardy variety from Iowa, which has fruited here several seasons. The 

 berries are smaller than Columbian and a little too dark in color to make a good 

 appearance. The plants grow well and produce fair crops. 



Shaffer. — Ranks next to Columbian for profit. Similar to Columbian in habit 

 of growth, productiveness and size of fruit, but of a more delicate texture and re- 

 quires more careful handling. 



RASPBERRY NOVELTIES. 



Japanese Mayberry. — Received from Parry Bros., of Parry, N. J., in 1S07. The 

 plant has grown to the height of about three feet, making a very pretty little bush, 

 but it has not yet fruited. It is tender and requires winter protection. Its behavior 

 up to the present time does not indicate that it will be likely to prove of any value. 



Logan Berry. — This widely disseminated novelty is supposed to be a cross between 

 a wild creeping blackberry of California and one of the European raspberries. The 

 plant is a slow grower of trailing habit, requiring winter protection. The berries are 

 large, long, conical, of a reddish purple color, and a mild, raspberry-like flavor. Fruited 

 sparingly last year, which was the fourth season after planting, and this year bore 

 a fair crop. A failure so far as all practical purposes are concerned. 



Rubus Xanthocarpus. — A low spreading plant from Russia, resembling the straw- 

 berry raspberry. The berry is small and yellov/, with few grains, and has a mild, in- 

 distinct (laA-or. It is difiicult to see wherein this plant can prove of value. 



Strawberry Raspberry. — This plant has been well tested in many parts of the 

 country, and under a great variety of conditions, and it is now quite generally known 

 that it can be regarded as little short of a monumental humbug of the nurserymen 

 who have disseminated it. The fruit, although showy and attractive, is worthless, 

 and the plant, which propagates by root stocks and suckers freely, behaves like a 

 weed. 



^\'ineberr^^ — Another Japanese introduction, which has no value unless it may be for 

 ornamental purposes. The foliage and flowers are attractive in appearance. The 

 plant is an upright grower, attaining the height of about six feet. The stout canes 

 are of a light yellowish color; leaves large, thick, leathery; flowers large, showy, 

 pink in color: berry a thin red cap born upon a large peduncle. The fruit is dry 

 and seedy, with very little flavor. 



BLACKBERRIES. 



The blackberry crop this season was good, considering the fact that nearly all 

 varieties in the station collection suffered more or less from winter killing during 

 the winter of 1808-9. No doubt the good showing made can be largely attributed to an 

 abundant rainfall and other favorable conditions, which existed up to and through 

 the time of fruiting. 



Early King was the most productive of the early varieties. Wallace, a mid-season 

 variety, gave a larger yield than any other. It is a large, oblong, irregular berry, 

 of good quality. Among the late kinds, Fruitland was the most productive, but it is 

 not as large nor as good a berry as Ohmer, which ripens at the same time. 



NOTES ON VARIETIES. 



Ancient Briton. — A strong, upright grower. Usually quite jiroductive, but the 

 berries are inclined to run small and thus render the variety unprofitable. 



Childs (Tree). — A low, dwarfish, leafy grower, lacking both in hardiness ami pro- 

 ductiveness. A failure here. 



Early Harvest. — Largely grown for early market. A good berry, but rather small. 

 The plants arc tender and usually require some winter protection. 



Early King. — Better than Early Harvest this season. The berrieg are large and of 

 good quality. In point of liardiness the plants are very similar to Early Harvest. 



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