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List of new varieties planted tlae spring of 1892: 



Accomacli. Beverly. Swindle. 



Edgar Queen. Waldron. Southard. 



Standard, Putnam. Stevens. 



Gillespie. Westlawn. Williams. 



Muskingum. Auburn. Dayton. 



Noble. E. P. Roe. Mark. 



Leader. Gem. Waupon. 



Ona. Oscar. Sandova. 



RASPBERRIES. 



The raspberry crop has been a very profitable one this season. Almost 

 every variety has given good returns. Many plantations of red raspber- 

 ries are affected with the disease commonly called "leaf curl," and it is 

 becoming a very serious matter in many places, where it is spreading 

 slowly but surely. No remedy is known for the disease, but the best 

 treatment for it seems to be the digging out and burning of all affected 

 plants. In starting a new bed, it should be only on new land, and great 

 care should be taken to use only healthy plants. 



SEEDLING RASPBERRIES. 



About five hundred seedlings ofSchaffer's Colossal fruited this year for 

 the first time. The fruit resembles very closely that of the parent plant, 

 and a number of seedlings appeared fully as valuable as that of the Schaf- 

 fer. Fifty of these were selected as being worthy of further trial. It is 

 a point of special interest that the seedlings of this variety, which is gen- 

 erally termed a hybrid, should be so uniform and show so much of a 

 fixed type. Three hundred seedlings of Souhegan and Guthbert were 

 raised the past year. 



NOTES ON SOME' OF THE NEW RASPBERRIES. 



Gladstone. Grows vigorously and produces a little fruit until frost, but 

 what little fruit it does produce is so small and soft as to make it almost 

 worthless either for home use or for market. 



Golden Queen.** Continues to be the favorite yellow kind. Its fruit is 

 large and firm. With the exception of color, practically indentical with 

 Cuthbert. 



Hansell.* A very early kind that is becoming quite a favorite. It is a 

 rather weak grower except oq rich soils, and until well established it 

 needs high cultivation. 



Superlative. A new variety sent out by Ellwanger & Barry of Rochester, 

 New York, at six dollars ($6) per dozen in 1892, Fruit on spring set plants 

 very large but crumbly and of poor quality. Foliage and cane of the Ant- 

 werp type. 



Champlain. Similar to the above in foliage and cane, but has not 

 fruited here. 



BLACK CAP RASPBRRIES. — [Rubus Occidentalis.) 

 Kansas. A very vigorous and productive variety from Kansas. Fruit 



large, of fine appearance and very promising. 

 l,ovett, or {$1000). Will probably prove to be a desirable addition to our 



list of second early kinds. The fruit is as large as the Gregg, and it is 



several days earlier. Foliage and cane quite distinct. 



