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Eureka plants are younger, and that the two varieties occupy 

 different locations in the plat may have influenced both the 

 season of ripening and the yield. 



Older produced its full crop this year, and ranks eighteenth 

 in productiveness. It should be further tested before deciding 

 as to its merits. 



Palmer also bore its first full crop this season, and stands 

 seventeenth in productiveness. It holds a high rank in many 

 places. 



Pioneer produced its first full crop this year. The berries 

 are medium size, good black color, moderately firm, fair flavor 

 and quality. The canes are moderately vigorous. 



Smith No. 2 has as yet shown no points of excellence. It 

 takes twentieth rank as to productiveness this season. 



Totvnsend No. 2 was unproductive this season, but it should 

 be tested longer before being rejected. 



Purple Raspberries. 



Table VI. List of Purple Kaspberries Fruited in 1896, with a Com- 

 parative Statement of the Percentage of Early and Late Yield of 

 Each Variety. 



Addison is not as valuable as are some of the other varieties. 

 While it has been productive, much of the fruit is small and 

 imperfect. 



Beckwith Seedling is very late, but unless it proves to be much 

 more productive than this season's test would indicate, it will 

 not compare favorably with other vareties for this locality. 



Cardinal was by far the most productive of the purple berries. 

 The fruit is large, soft and juicy, and not so dark colored as 

 Shaffer. 



