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Early Black EAsrsERRiES. 

 The mid-season of black raspberries for 1897 may be regarded 

 as extending- from July 17 to July 23. Those varieties that 

 rii)eued a fourth or more of their crop before July 17 may be 

 called early for this season. Table I shows five such varieties. 

 These are arranged below in Table II. 



Ta1!LK il 



Early Black Kasi'berries Arranged According to Their 

 Yield JiEFORE July 17. 



NAME OF variety. 



Poscharsly Xo. 15 



Poscliarshy So. 3 



Palmer. 



Hopkius 



rosch arskif So. 9 



Date of first 

 jiickiug. 



July 

 July 

 July 

 Jiilv 

 July 



Yield bf fore 

 July 17. 



On nets. 

 193 

 100 

 80 

 69 

 69 



Total yield. 



OuM'^ea. 

 46G 



285 

 216 

 186 



Rank as t 

 total yield. 



Poscharsky No. 15 has made a good record this season. It is 

 remarkable in that it gives the largest total yield as well as the 

 largest early yield. PoscJiarski/ Nos. 3 and 9 are no improvement 

 on better known sorts. I*almer is a well known early variety. 

 Hopkins bears fruit of good size but is not productive enough on 

 our soil to compare favorably with better known sorts. 



Late Black Raspberries. 



Assuming that mid-season ended on July 23 all varieties that 



ripened a fourth or more of their crop after this date may be 



called late for this season. Table I shows six such varieties. 



These are arranged below in the order of their yield after July 23. 



Table III.— Late Black Raspberries Arranged According to Their 

 Yield After July 23. 



