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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



FIVE RASPBERRIES COMPARED. 



I have been myself daily picking 

 among the following named red rasp- 

 berries during the last week, comparing 

 points, which count in estimating the 

 value of varieties, and hand you here- 

 with, in a tabulated form, the results. 

 My land is a sandy loam, and that 

 occupied by the raspberries is about 

 uniform in quality, about right to pro- 

 duce forty bushels of dent corn per 

 acre. 



In this scale of points I give ten, not 

 as perfection, but as the highest yet 

 reached by any variety — as for instance, 

 Thwack is the hardiest, Reliance most 

 productive, while Turner is generally 

 conceded a standard in respect to flavor 

 of the berry : 



Remarks.— Those who grow berries solely for mar- 

 ket will pay no attention to quality, for— I regret to 

 say — quality tiount.s zero in the market, while attrac- 

 tiveness (inf'luding size and color) counts everything. 

 Those, on the other hand, who grow berries for their 

 own use only will look at good quality, h<<rdiness, 

 and productiveness, rather than for large size and 

 brightness of color. 



There are some characteristics of the 

 above named varieties not noted in the 

 table which should have an influence 

 in determining upon a selection. The 

 Turner is a few days earlier in ripening 

 than either of the others. It is followed 

 in two or three days by Thwack and 

 Winant, then comes Rtdiance, and latest 

 the Cuthbert. The Reliance continues 

 in bearing a little longer than any other 

 sort of red i-aspberries. The crop of 

 Reliance is but two-thirds ripened at 

 this date (July IS), whereas Turnera 



gave their last picking for the season 

 two days since. 



All these varieties sprout from the 

 roots plentifully, and the young plants 

 coming up between the rows must be 

 mercilessly destroyed, or the " patch " 

 will soon "run to waste." 



Of black-cap raspberries, the Gregg 

 still takes the lead, though the canes 

 were sadly damaged last winter — a rare 

 exception to its hitherto uniform hardi- 

 ness. — 0. B. Galusha, in Prairie 

 Farmer. 



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E. P. Roe's Catalogue of Small Fruits 

 AND Grape Vines for the Spring of 1882 — 



Gives a concise description of a large 

 number of Strawberries, Raspberries, 

 Blackberries, (currants. Gooseberries 

 and Hardy Grapes. He speaks in veiy 

 high i)raise of the Bidwell Strawberry. 



American Agriculturist. 



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