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years ago. I have now grown it four years. Last 

 season I kept an account of all my raspberries as I 

 picked them, and the Older produced 50 per cent 

 more fruit than any of them on the same amount 

 of ground. The Older is jet black, no bloom, 

 about as large as the Gregg, three days later than 

 Tyler or Souhegan in time of ripening, and about 

 six days earlier than Gregg. S. T. Ballard, of 

 Wisconsin, says of the Older's good qualities in 

 the Kansas Review: 



" 'First Its hardiness to withstand all the win- 

 ters as far north as the Wisconsin line, where I am 

 growing it,and perhaps as far north as L,ake 

 Superior. 



" 'Second It is perfectly drouth-proof, always 

 ripening all its fruit into fine berries, when Gregg, 

 Ohio, Tyler, Souhegan and Milbourn dry up and 

 not half be fit to pick. 



' ' 'Third It will produce more fruit to a yard of 

 row than any other berry. It ripens six days in 

 advance of the Gregg. 



' ' 'Fourth The berries average larger than any 

 other the season through. They are coal black, 

 with the richest and thickest of juice, and the 

 smallest seeds of any black cap, hence is best for 

 table use and canning.' 



"So far as my judgment goes after fruiting it for 

 four years, I think Mr. Ballard' s estimate is correct. ' ' 



The Doolittle, Mammoth Cluster and Hopkins 

 have merits, but with the above it is not thought 

 that they will be necessary. 



