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VOL. VI.] 



SEPTEMBER, 1883. 



[No. 9. 



SOME ISTOTES OK RASPBERRIES. 



The past season has on the whole 

 been favorable to the raspberry croj). 

 The canes passed through the long pro- 

 tracted cold and ice of the past winter 

 uninjured. This fact seems to indicate 

 that the question of ability to endure 

 cf M is not altogeth(;r one of constitu- 

 tion 4 hardiness. The canes of those 

 varieties which we have been wont to 

 esteem very hardy have sometimes been 

 injured during winters much less severe 

 and trying than the past, while the 

 canes of sorts which we have considered 

 as tender came through the past severe 

 winter unharmed. There is no doubt 

 but that the condition of the canes when 

 winter sets in, especially the well 

 ripened state of the wood, has much to 

 do with its ability to endure the winter. 

 Having passed the winter without in- 

 jury, they blossomed abundantly, set 

 their fruit well, and the moist, cool 

 ^ ason has on the whole been favorable 

 I') the development of the fruit. In 

 s >me low -lying spots tlie moisture hjis 

 b(^en excessive and the ]>lants have suf- 

 fered, but in well drained soil the wet 

 weather has not caused any injury. 



There are now a great many varieties 

 of this fine fruit, and it may be that 

 the writer's exparience with time that 



he has been fruiting on his grounds 

 will be of service to those who contem- 

 plate planting either for home use or to 

 supply the constantly increasing market 

 demand. 



Brandywine has proved to be a wery 

 prolific sort, of medium size, not high 

 quality, of good bright color, ripening 

 just after the Highland Hardy, and 

 selling well in market. It seems 

 to be susceptible of improvement in 

 size by liberal manuring, so much so 

 that one of the western growers has 

 the reputation of sending an improve.1 

 or fancy Brandywine to the Chicago 

 market, for which he gets an extra price. 



Caroline. Txiis was introduced to 

 public attention as a berry of very fine 

 quality, as being a very near approach 

 in that respect to Brinckle's Orange^ 

 but it has not f^he.vn any such quality 

 on our grounds. The plant is hardy 

 and exceedingly productive. The ber- 

 ries are of good size for a cap variety, 

 and when quite ripe resemble Brinckle's 

 Orange in color, but there the re.sem 

 blance ceases. The fruit is too soft for 

 any but a near market. 



Cuthhert. Further acquaintance with 

 this fine variety only serves to confirm 

 the favourable impressions made at its 



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