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endure the severity of the climate. We find, in experimenting with our cultivated ber- 

 ries, that such varieties are very few. First among the red varieties I -would place the 

 Highland Hardy for a farmer, or for any person who was an amateur grower. For 

 market purposes I do not think that we require it at all from the fact that it comes in 

 conflict with the strawberry — comes in a little too early. An amateur grower wants a 

 few early raspberries, but we do not want them to interfere with the strawberries. Next 

 I would place on my list the Philadelphia red — not on account of its quality — the 

 flavour of the berry — because it would rank third in regard to that point, but it certainly 

 will produce more fruit than any other variety I have ever seen grown yet. The yield is 

 simply enormous. I have seen, in a row of those berries only thirty rods long, six girls 

 picking from morning to night, and not get through with the single row. So that you can 

 judge what an acre would produce of those raspberries. I would place next as amateur 

 berries the Clark and Herstine. The difierence in those varieties is very slight when we 

 come to compare profits. The Herstine is not so likely to become small and crumble up 

 as the Clark. It is not so soft as the Clark, and I think it is fully as prolific and fully as 

 hardy. I would place next the Turner and the Reliance. Those are seedlings of the 

 Philadelphia. I think they are nearly as prolific as the Philadelphia — perhaps quite so ; 

 and they are nearly double the size of the Philadelphia. But I fail to, find any improve- 

 ment in the flavour ; they are very near the same. But were I to be confined to the 

 cultivation of one raspberry I would choose the Cuthbert. The Cuthbert so far with 

 us appears to be perfectly hardy. 1 have never seen a cane frozen. Of course it has 

 only gone through two winters with me. It seems to be quite prolific. We do not get so 

 many bushels to the acre of it as the Philadelphia, but I certainly think one bushel of it 

 quite equal to two of the Philadelphia. It seems to be suflSciently firm to ship any dis- 

 tance that we can ship strawberries. I think I would be justified in saying that it is a first- 

 quality berry with regard to flavour. The Cuthbert would be very profitable for drying pur- 

 po.ses. I find that people who have got berries from us prefer the Philadelphia to all 

 other varieties for making raspberry jam. When you come to theblack cap varieties 

 they are very easily cultivated. It seems like no labour at all to grow a few rods square 

 of any kind of raspberries, in fact. I prefer to have three or four varieties, and I would 

 place first of all, on account of its ripening early, the Doolittle. Some of you, in view of 

 all the new varieties that are in cultivation at the present time, may be a little astonished 

 at my placing the Doolittle first. Nevertheless it is not to be despised, although it is one 

 of the oldest varieties. Next to it I would place the Ontario. The Ontario is a long 

 way superior to the Doolittle, but it matures a little later. It is very prolific ; and the 

 flavour is a little better than that of the Doolittle, I think, but very nearly the same. 

 Next I would place the Mammoth Cluster ; I think it will never be superseded. I 

 thought the Gregg was going to be superior to all others for drying purposes and shipping, 

 but I find there are a great many canes frozen on our grounds. I question whether it 

 may not be a little tender in some soils. In cultivating raspberries we should avoid a 

 soil which has too much moisture, as it encourages a late autumn growth.' I have found 

 varieties to prove perfectly hardly only a little away from othei-s that would be frozen to 

 death during the winter. For an amateur variety there is nothing in our premises that 

 will compare with one of Mr Saunders' seedlings — iw6'oi them, in fact — No. 55 and No. 

 70. We might place them between the Doolittle and the Philadelphia red. In point of 

 fact, they are like a sample of the two varieties mixed in together. The colour is, how- 

 ever, against them. They have a kind of purplish blue colour, and are not attractive in 

 a basket, but they are quite as attractive as any when they get on the table. They do 

 not all mature at once, which, I think, is an advantage in them, as in that way their 

 season is materially prolonged. Another variety that I would not like to be deprived of 

 the pleasure of growing, is the Diadem, a seedling of Mr. Arnold, but I would not like 

 to say whetlier it is a red berry, or a yellow berry, or a white berry. It is liable to throw 

 up a sprout which will produe yellow berries, while another will produce red berries, and 

 another will produce berries that are almost white. And all from the same root. 



Mr. Beadle. — Allow me just at this juncture to ask the meeting to be kind enough 

 to accept your remarks as being perhaps as valuable as your paper, yet at the same time 

 to request you to write out your paper in f uU. Wo have a use for papers besides hearing 



