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Mystery. Sent out from Kentucky as an everbearing kind. It bears 

 but one crop here. 



Nemaha.*** Is without doubt somewhat hardier than the Gregg and 

 so much like it in fruit as to be practically the same \hmg for market- 

 ing purposes. 



Older. We have not fruited this variety, but reports on its behavior 

 elsewhere convince me that it is well worthy of trial by berry growers. 

 Season about with the Ohio. 



JAPAN RASPBERRIES. — (Bubus Japonica.) 



Japan Wineberry. This berry has been greatly misrepresented and is 

 giving very general disappointment where tried. It is interesting to 

 botanists and may be useful in hybridization, but for fruit production it 

 is practically worthless. The berry is small, of poor color and enclosed in 

 a husk like aground tomato. 



Varieties of raspberries planted at experiment station in 1892: 

 Thompson's Early Prolific. Superlative. 



Brackett's Seedling, 101. 

 Champlain. Older. Ada. 



NOTES ON NEW VARIETIES OF BLACKBERRIES. 



Jeivett is a new blackberry received from the J. C. Lovett & Co., Little 

 Silver, N. J., in 1890. It killed with us the first year, although well pro- 

 tected with soil. 



IJl Dorado is a new blackberry that we received from Greenville, Ohio, 

 in 1891. It was quite prolific this season, of good large fruit. A promis- 

 ing kind. 



NOTES ON NEW VARIETIES OF GRAPES. 



Centennial. A very productive white variety of moderate or poor growth. 

 Bunches are of fair size and very compact. The berry is white, small; 

 seeds large; of good quality; skin tough. There are several more satisfac- 

 tory white varieties. Ripens with Concord. 



Green Mountain. A new grape that we fruited this year for the first 

 time. The vine is vigorous, healthy, apparently hardy enough for our 

 conditions, and I think very prolific. The bunches are of good size; the 

 berry is pale green, medium in size, very sweet and melting, with thin skin. 

 It ripens earlier than any other variety of as good quality that we have. 

 It drops from the bunch as soon as well ripened, which, with its green 

 color, will prevent its being largely planted as a market variety. I think 

 highly of it for the home garden in this state, and recommend it for trial. 



Moore''s Diamond. A very distinct new white grape that is very promis- 

 ing. The vine is vigorous, healthy and productive. Bunches compact, 

 shouldered, large; berries large; skin thick; fiesh tender, juicy and melt- 

 ing. We have fruited it two years and consider it especially desirable for 

 a standard white grape. Its season is from four to eight days earlier than 

 the Concord. 



Moyer. Vine resembles the Delaware in foliage, growth and hardiness, 

 but its bunch and berry are much smaller; berry sweet and melting. We 

 fruited it this season for the first time. It ripens about a week before the 

 Delaware, and this quality will make it desirable, if it proves to be suffic- 

 iently vigorous and productive. 



