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balance we picked 200 cases, doing some damage to our raspberries. 

 On June 19 we sold our first Cumberland berries (black caps) and the 

 four rows yielded twenty-three cases. June 26 Cardinal red raspberries 

 were on the market and from the five rows we picked sixty-four cases. 

 July 1 Haymaker red raspberries began paying rent; the three rows 

 have given us forty-two cases and are not all picked at this date (July 

 19). A total of 200 cases of strawberries and 129 cases of raspberries- 

 from two acres and poor land at that. 



Two rows of Kansas raspberries 2 years old, of the same length 

 were so seriously injured by the winter that they only yielded one case 

 of berries to the row. 



Cumberlands were killed back some. Haymakers were damaged,, 

 but not a single cane of the Cardinal was injured. 



BLACKBERRIES. 



Snyder still remains the standard in hardiness and yield of berries,^ 

 Lawtons, "Wilson, Jr., and several other varieties produce a much nicer 

 berry, but do not give regular crops. We are testing Mersereau^ 

 Eldorado, Blowers and others in hopes of getting the desired berry. 



The Lucretia Dewberry has this year excelled all the blackberries in 

 point of quality and quantity. Our finest berries were trellised about 

 eighteen inches high. This gave a chance to cultivate them and they 

 were easily picked. Our first ripe dewberries were picked June 23, and 

 they are still "furnishing some berries. They have yielded six boxes to 

 the rod, or about eighty cases per acre. I have known the dewberry 

 several years, but never saw a better crop of them than this year. I 

 could not recommend them for commercial purposes, but a few are fine 

 for home use. But of all the berries we have ever grown, the Logaa 

 berry attracts the most attention. "VVe planted a few last year and 

 were pleased to find they had passed through the winter without injury. 

 They are trailers like the dewberry and were also put on wires. The 

 first berries ripened June 17 and they are still blooming and ripening 

 berries. They are of the size of the dewberry and the color of the finest 

 red raspberry. 



The most of the blackberries are green when they are red, but the 

 Logan blackberry is red when it is ripe. The flavor is excellent and the 

 berries will command a high price. 



In California the Logans are almost everbearing and only ripen a 

 few berries at a time, making the picking expensive. As they are 

 forced to lie dormant here for a season they give promise of ripening 

 their fruit in a shorter season. Encouraged by our success, I ordered 



