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all raspberries. For canning it has very great merit; and while its 

 wretched purple color will forever debar it from all markets where 

 whimsical prejudices about color and total disregard of eating 

 quality seem to determine all values, yet the Shaffer must be re- 

 garded as a very valuable addition to our list of raspberries. 



G. W. Campbell agrees with Mr. Earle. 



C. A. Green. It will yield twice as much as any other red rasp- 

 berry that we have seen; fruit of the largest size, color dark purple, 

 the best for canning, and meets with ready sale in ordinary mar- 

 kets; not suitable for fancy markets. The most vigorous of all in 

 growth. 



J. T. Lovett. The strongest growing and the most prolific of 

 any raspberry that I have yet grown. The fruit is of colossal size, 

 in truth as well as in name, and although rather tart to suit most 

 tastes, yet it is sprightly, and to my liking. Its color is so dull and 

 unattractive that it does not meet with a ready sale in market. I 

 have found it the best of all berries for canning. 



Prof. Beal also publishes the votes of correspondents of the Bural 

 Neiv Yorker on raspberries, as follows: 



CJathbert 32 



Turner 20 



Doolittle 11 



Tyler 7 



Philadelphia 5 



€lark 4 



Highland Hardy 3 



Brandy wine 3 



Lost Rubies 2 



Montclair 1 



Gregg 32 



Mammoth Cluster. . 13 



Souhegan 10 



Caroline 7 



Hansen 4 



Davison's Thornless 4 



Shaffer 3 



Early Prolific 3 



Ohio Black Cap 2 



New Rochelle , . . . 1 



BLACKBERRIES. 



Nothing in the discussions about blackberries of apparent value 

 to Minnesota, except what has been already stated elsewhere in the 

 Minnesota report as to the Snyder and Stone's Hardy. 



GRAPES. 



There was a longer and more animated discussion on grapes than 

 on any other class of fruits ; in fact, the grape fever seemed to run 

 high among the representatives of most all sections of the country 

 Many new sorts were exhibited. Among these was the Jefferson, 

 resembling the Delaware, but the bunch more shouldered and 

 the grapes larger. It is rather late ; said to be a seedling of Con- 



