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very light cropper; plants are healthy and great growers. The Enchance 

 is a most promising variety; it is an immense grower with foliage entirely 

 free from the prevailing leaf fungus. The Sandoval failed from leaf blight 

 and I have marked it n. g. 



DWARF JUNEBERRY. 



The dwarf Juneberry, as usual, has done finely; it is perfectly hariy 

 and has not been troubled by insect or leaf fungus; it is productive and 

 the fruit sells well in our local marlcet. I do not hesitate to recommend it. 



CURRANTS. 



Red currants set but little fruit and that mostly dropped before it ma- 

 tured; the new growth was unsatisfactory; one thrifty bush of the Cran- 

 dall bore only two specimens— one large and the other quite small. I do 

 not consider the black currants as hardy as the reds. 



GOOSEBERRIES. 



Gooseberries produced fairly well, although we had some mildew on 

 most varieties; the Downing was free from mildew and gave the best 

 satisfaction. 



RED RASPBERRIES. 



Many varieties of the red raspberry failed with me the past season. I 

 cannot name the cause in each instance but it was in most cases due to 

 leaf fungus or blight in some form. The two varieties that bore the 

 heaviest in 1891, failed entirely the past season. They were the Reliance 

 and Cuthbert. The Brandywine gave the best satisfaction of the reds, 

 but even they give indications of failing. 



I have some red caps that I have been growing for about a dozen years 

 past that do not appear to be afEected by the prevailing disease. I pre- 

 sume they are unnamed seedlings. I notice that a raspberry plantat-ion 

 is less hardy after it bears a heavy crop; we have to get at least two full 

 crops off a variety before we can decide that it is desirable. 



As a fall-bearing variety the Gladstone is quite- a novelty, but I believe 

 that the fall crop comes too late in the season to be of any practical value 

 for us. 



BLACKCAPS. 



Black raspberries as a class bore very well and were little affected by 

 the leaf blight. So far as tested the Souhegan and Gregg, early and late, 

 are,the best of their class, and the only ones needed either for home use 

 or for market. I am in hopes that the Sprye's Early may prove an acqui- 

 sition as an extra early variety. I fruited the past season some 24 varie- 

 ties of the raspberry. The blacks must be given winter protection. 



GRAPES. 



Of grapes I fruited 17 varieties, and in spite of the unusually wet season 

 we had a fine crop; the Delawares especially were extra fine, as also were 

 the Moore's Early and some other varieties. The Wordens were disa- 

 pointing; they set for a big crop, but did not ripen evenly; there seemed 

 to be two sets of fruit on the same stem. I consider the Moore's Early the 

 best black grape. 



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