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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



liibitions. In " best collection" Mr. 

 "Whittield's gardener, Mr. Hughes, was 

 head and shoulders above other col- 

 lections. 



In flowers, in many of the sections, 

 •such as collections of plants in pots, 

 Abbotsford would not compete, owing 

 to the distance and it was hoped that 

 they would have been filled by com- 

 petitors from Kongemont. Kougemont, 

 liowever, we regret to say, did not con- 

 tribute one sin()le flower ; neither did it 

 •compete on canned fruit, a section 

 which Abbotsford could hardly carry 

 so long a distance. 



RASPBERRIES. 



N.Y. AGRICULTC7KAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



The Station Horticulturist, Mr. E. 

 S. Goff, has taken great interest in the 

 raspberry, and the following results of 

 our trials will be read with intei-est : — 



In the year 1882, two plants each of 

 thirty-two varieties of Raspberry were 

 planted out in the Station garden. The 

 plants were set out in rows, six feet 

 apart, and three feet apart in the row. 

 No winter protection has been given. 

 The soil has been cultivated suificiently 

 to keep down weeds, and the canes 

 were tied to stakes as they became suf- 

 ficiently tall to require support. 



All of these ])lants have survived 

 thus far, except five, viz. : two Brinkles' 

 Orange, which were winter-killed the 

 first winter after setting, two Ameri- 

 can Blackcap and one Prosser. The 

 remainder of the plants have borne 

 their first full crop the present season. 

 We have kept a careful record of the 

 date at which each variety commenced 

 to ripen its fruit, the number of days 

 that each continued in bearing, and the 

 total yield of each, taking notes, al.so, 

 iis to the comparative size and quality 

 of the fruit in the different varieties. 

 For the information of those interested 

 we present an abstract of our results. 



The total yield is given in ounces and 

 decimals of an ounce; and the compara- 

 tive size of the berries of the different 

 varieties is shown by the weight of 

 twenty-five samples, given in grains : — 



The following notes were made as to 

 quality : — 



2. Delicate and pleasant, but not 

 rich ; moderately firm. 



3. Rather sweet and delicate, but 

 not rich ; moderately firm. 



4. Veiy sweet and rich; firm. 



5. Sweet and rich ; rather firm. 



6. Rather soft ; very sweet and deli- 

 cate, resembling that of the wild red 

 raspberry. 



7. Flavor a well-marked, rather harsh 

 acid ; moderately firm. 



8. Moderately rich, sweet ; not very 

 firm. 



9. Extremely rich and sweet ; mo- 

 derately firm. 



