216 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
While the market grower most of necessity consult the taste of 
of those to whom he expects to sell his fruit, as well as to grow the 
varieties that will give him a profitable crop, the man who grows 
his own fruit is bound by no such narrow limits. He may not only 
grow more varieties but may indulge his owntastes and fancies an d 
grow some kinds that would be unprofitable for market but may be 
just what suits him. It is to many a great pleasure and satisfac- 
tion to have the very finest that can be grown, regardless of the 
question of profit. 
RASPBERRIES. 
What I have said about strawberries holds good with raspberries, 
but not to so great an extent, for there is not so much variation in 
size, color, etc. In the blackcap class they all look a good deal 
alike, and different varieties may be shipped together without de- 
tracting from their market value. 
What we have to look for then is good size, good shipping quali- 
ties and health vigor of plant, hardiness and productiveness. I 
may be pardoned, perhaps, if I nametwo or three varieties that 
seem to me to meet these requirements toa marked degree. With 
us the Palmer is worth all the other early kinds that we have 
tried put together, because of its fine fruit and great productive- 
ness, and, what is very desirable in an early berry, it ripens its 
whole crop in a short time, coming on the market when prices are 
high. 
The Ohio is always profitable because of its good shipping quali- 
ties, rank growth and great productiveness. 
Prof. Budd says of the Older “it is by far the most valuable black- 
cap grown.” It certainly is wonderfully productive of very large 
berries and seems to be heat and drouth proof and entirely hardy 
every way. If it hada little more firmness, I think it would stand 
well up toward the head of the list of blackcaps. 
Of the older reds, the Cuthbert is the standard for growth, pro- 
ductiveness and quality and is, probably, better known and more 
largely planted than any one variety, and is, perhaps, the best with 
which to compare new varieties. In our own experience, however, 
the Brandywine has been the most profitable of all, never failing 
to give us a good crop of large, firm, bright, attractive looking 
berries that always meet with a ready sale. 
There are two new raspberries to be introduced this season, a de- 
scription of which,it seems to me,would be of interest to all growers 
and lovers of fine fruit. The first of them is the Loudon, a Wiscon- 
sin production, which originated with and is named after Mr. F. W. 
Loudon of Janesville, who is also the originator of the Jessie and 
Hoard strawberries. It is said to be a seedling of the Turner fertil- 
ized with Cuthbert. In growth and appearance of cane and in size, 
color, shape, firmness and quality of fruit, it very much resembles 
Cuthbert, and has the added value of keeping longer in good condi- 
tion after being picked. The secretary of our state society, Mr. A. J. 
Philips, picked fruit of the Loudon on Thursday and, after carrying 
to different parts of the state, finally used it in his own home the fol- 
