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has been fairly productive. Hunn is a variety sent out by the New York Ex- 
periment Station at Geneva. It is a late pistillate sort, and it is recom- 
mended that Gandy be used to produce pollen for it. We received 50 plants 
two years ago. They made a good growth the first year, but the second 
were so badly rusted that the crop was ruined. Bissel had done fairly well. 
Mary is a very desirable pistillate sort of light red color, and very pro- 
ductive. Ridgeway is a good late, light red berry of firm flesh. Glen Mary 
_is a light red, conical berry, that is fairly productive. Lovett has been very 
productive in years past, but this year did not do so well as usual. Crescent 
seems to be as reliable as ever, and while the fruit is small and of rather 
inferior quality, yet it is so very vigorous and productive that I am in- 
clined to think that it is one of the most profitable sorts for planting 
in severe locations. 
RASPBERRIES produced a very large crop of fruit this year, and the 
plantations are in very good condition for next season, although there is 
more anthracnose on the canes of some varieties than was the case a year 
ago. We regard the Loudon as our best red raspberry. The objection 
that it is not easily picked on account of its adhering so closely to its re- 
ceptacle has never been especially noticeable here, and its great pro- 
ductiveness and vigor make it most desirable. ; 
Marlborough has never been productive on our land, although on 
heavier and better soils it does remarkably well. 
The Cuthbert has some years done remarkably well here. 
Miller’s Red has not proved very productive with us, and the Loudon 
is so much superior to it in every way that we do not consider the Miller 
of any special advantage. 
King is an early red raspberry which makes a strong growth and 
produces a large amount of fruit early in the season, but we do not regard it 
as superior to the Loudon. 
Turner is the best for general planting of the older varieties of rasp- 
. berries, and is very hardy. And although the fruit is somewhat soit, yet 
it is still a very desirable variety for planting in the home garden and for 
near market. 
Columbian is a wonderfully strong grower and very productive and 
bears large, purplish red fruit. While it makes a very strong growth, yet 
the canes may be bent to the ground quite easily and covered. It seems 
to have great vitality and the power of producing a large number of fruiting 
laterals from near the surface of the ground in case the top of the plant is 
injured, a quality which is very desirable. If it only had a bright red color, 
it would be one of the most popular varieties for marketing. It is well 
adapted for home use, although not for marketing, as the purplish color 
color of the berries makes them look as though they were stale, even when 
they. are first picked. 
Nemaha is our best black cap raspberry. It is difficult to distinguish 
it from the Gregg, but I am disposed to regard it as being the hardier, 
although there is very iittle difference between the two. 
Progress is a very good early black raspberry. 
Kansas is a good mid-season berry, and seems to be gaining in favor. 
Older is a strong-growing, productive sort, of good quality, but it is 
soft, and on-that account I doubt if it will prove profitable for shipment. 
It is, however, a desirable sort for home growing. 
