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early market; season same as Turner. Superb is another bright red ber- 
ry, very large, of fine flavor, season medium. Brandywine proves very 
hardy, and a sure cropper. The Cuthbert, though not quite as hardy as 
some of the others, stands our recent mild winters very well without 
protection, and the past season was the most profitable red raspberry I 
grew. 
BLACK RASPBERRIES, 
These are more liable to root injury than the reds and should be grown 
in a location where the snow does not blow off the ground. I have tested 
and discarded several varieties so far. I consider the Souhegan the most 
valuable black cap: cane is healthy, very productive, fruit large and fine- 
flavored. The Gregg should be grown for late in connection with the 
Souhegan. It is large, fine and productive. Black caps asa rule are not 
as hardy as the reds, and should be bent to the ground in fall, and tops 
covered for winter protection. 
CURRANTS. 
Red Dutch, White Grape, Victoria, and Long Bunch Holland are doing 
fineiy. Fays is a very slow grower, fruit very large and not very productive. 
JUNEBERRY, 
or Rocky Mountain huckleberry,is perfectly hardy, and is very productive. 
Plant bears when very Small; bush grows about the size of a current bush. 
GRAPES 
Seem to require a great deal of winter protection on black prairie sil. 
The Concord is our most successful variety; the Moores Early is very 
hardy but is not very productive; the Worden is a strong grower, very 
productive and fruit of fine quality, but it lacks hardiness and must have 
more winter protection than the Moores Early or Concord; the Delaware 
I think hardier than the Worden, it is free from disease, as are all my 
grapes. Janesville is very hardy and productive but of poor quality, it is 
very early; the Champion is a strong grower, is early and productive but 
lacks hardiness; the Martha is a hardy white grape, good quality and 
hardy; Brighton is a fine, brown grape, extra quality, but rather tender. 
RUSSIAN POPLARS 
Of about a dozen varieties only one of them near equals the cotton- 
wood in growth, and that one is Pop. Pyramidillas Pastgeha. This pop- 
lar resembles the worthless Lombardy very much. There may be some 
of the Russian poplars valuable for planting on our prairies, but I doubt 
it. Pop. Bercolensis is a positive failure: my twelve trees all died in about 
three years apparantly of old age—they all root-killed. Some other va- 
rieties plainly show weaknesses that will make them worthless for this 
section. 
RUSSIAN WILLOWS. 
Iam more favorably impressed with these willows than I am with the 
poplars. Salix Argentea and Salix Vittelina Britonenses killed out by cold. 
Salix Lanifolia is a fine willow, ornamental and rapid growing, foliage 
exempt from attacks of the willow worm. Salix Aurea or golden willow 
I consider valuable; it is ornamental in winter and a very rapid grower. 
Salix Acentifolia is a fine ornamental willow with blue bloom on new 
growth; foliage free from attacks of insect enemies. 
The following table shows the tabulative data in connection with my 
experiment work: 
