466 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



when very high culture is given, and a berry of large size and high quality 

 is required. 



Minute j\Ian: — Imperfect. Rivals Excelsior in earliness, and productiveness. 

 The fruit runs large, but lacks the firmness of that variety; quality fair. Ber- 

 ries, roundish, conical, regular, with a bright, glossy red. Promising as an 

 early sort. 



Mrs. McDowell: — Perfect. A productive, medium-sized, bright red berry, of 

 quite good quality, but very irregular and knotty. Not desirable. 



New York: — Perfect. Plant strong, stocky, with plenty of runners; foliage 

 dark green, healthy, quite productive, with very large, handsome, dark red fruit; 

 inclined to be irregular in size and form. Quality very good. Worthy of trial 

 as a mid-season market sort. 



Nick Ohmer. — Perfect. A large, attractive berry of good quality, but it lacks 

 productiveness. 



Ponderosa: — Perfect. A medium-early sort of some promise. The plants are 

 rather tall and slender; moderately productive. Berries medium-sized, conical, 

 necked, and are of a glossy, dark red color. Firm and of good quality. 



Rip Snorter: — Perfect. Plants and fruit-stems strong, the latter extending 

 above the leaf-stalks, when in bloom. This season they were badly blasted, 

 but the variety shows possibilities of being productive. Berries medium to 

 large, roundish, irregular, bright red, very firm; quality good; mid-season. 



Rochester: — Perfect. A productive mid-season variety, with fruit of medium 

 size, dark red, firm, rather sour; would make a good canner. 



Rough Rider: — Perfect. One of the newer, medium to late sorts: while not 

 as productive as some kinds, the fruit is large, attractive in appearance and 

 held its size well to the last picking. Berries firm, dark red; irregular in form; 

 quality good. 



Sample: — Imperfect. One of the best medium to late market varieties. Fruit 

 large, roundish-conic, with a handsome, bright red color. Juicy and of good 

 quality. Valuable. 



Beaford: — Imperfect. A medium-sized, medium to late variety that proved 

 only moderately productive. A fairly good variety. Berries large, irregular, 

 long, compressed. Color, a handsome dark red. Quality good. 



Sutherland: — Imperfect. Plant a strong grower, sending out plenty of run- 

 ners; quite productive. Berries medium-sized, of a bright, light red color. Mid- 

 season. Inclined to run small toward the last. Not as satisfactory as others of 

 its season. 



Smith: — Perfect. An early ripening kind, but too small and light in color to 

 be valuable. 



RASPBERRIES AND BLACKBERRIES. 



Only two varieties of blackberries were fruited. 



Rathbun: — The plants are low, slender, spreading growers, and winter-killed 

 quite badly. Berries medium to large, roundish to oblong, medium firm, sweet; 

 quality good; mid-season. 



Mesereau: — Plants strong, stiff growers, and apparently hardy, coming 

 through the winter without injury; fruit medium to large, oblong, moderately 

 firm, and of good quality; mid-season. "Worthy of trial. 



There was a good yield of raspberries from most of the varieties. Of the 

 blackcaps, Cumberland leads all other varieties in size, appearance, productive- 

 ness and vigor. There are, however, many varieties that do well here, and 

 can be safely recommended for planting. Eureka, Gregg, Kansas, Conrath, Mills, 

 Livingston, and Onondaga, have usually given good results and Hilborn, Farns- 

 worth. Centennial, Diamond, and Nemaha are desirable sorts. Diamond and 

 Nemaha are large, late varieties, but lack vigor, while Farnsworth, Centennial 

 and Hilborn are very productive, but the fruit runs small. Eureka is a very 

 good early kind; Kansas, Conrath, Livingston and IMills do well as mid- 

 season, while Cumberland, Gregg and Livingston and Onondaga are all good late 

 sorts. Conrath and Gregg are a little more subject to anthracnose than the other 

 kinds, but spraying with Bordeaux mixture, when the young canes are eight or 

 ten inches high, will help to control this disease. 



Red Raspberries. 



Marlboro is still valuable as a market sort. There are other varieties that 

 are fully as productive but none are larger or more attractive in appearance. 



