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STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Raspberries- 



Rancdcas 



Brandy wine .... 

 Belle de Fontaine 

 Highly Hardy . . 

 Crimsiin lieauty . 



Cuthbert 



Hansel . 



Marlboro 



trolden Queen . . . 



Caroline 



Turner 



Black Cap. 



Nemeha 



Cromwell 



Hilborn 



Thompson's Sweet 



Ohio 



Gregg 



Blackberries. 



Erie 



Karly King . 



Wilson, Jr. . 

 Wilson's Early. . . 

 Early Harvest . . . 

 Early Cluster . . . 

 .Agawam . . . 

 Taylor's Prolific . 



Wachussett 



Snyder 



Minnewaski 



Excelsior 



Lucretia 



Remarks. 



Very good. 

 Good. 



Standard market berry. 

 Profitable 

 Firm.pr't'table,bigh culture 



oft 

 Very soft. 

 Small and crumbles. 



Vigorous 



Promising, vigorous 

 Mot sufficiently tested. 

 Not sufficiently tested. 

 Vigor<ius. 

 Tender. 



[August ' 

 Jontinued fruiting until 



Sweet and quite firm. 



Productive, good. 



This table cannot everywhere be taken as a standard for produc- 

 tiveness. For many of the varieties will vary much in this respect 

 in different places and on different soils. But for quality, earliness, 

 size and hardiness, it may be considered reliable. Certain new varie- 

 ties recently offered to the public as something remarkable, accord- 

 ing to this table are inferior to the old sorts. The Nemeha which 

 was to supersede the Gregg on account of its hardiness, is put down 

 as the most tender of the lot. The Golden Queen which is now being 

 boomed, is not equal to the Caroline. The Erie and Minnewaski 

 blackberries which are also now being boomed are inferior to older 

 and well-known varieties. The Cromwell and the Hilborn seem to 

 be the most promising of the new varieties. And the Cuthbert 



