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The crop has not been large the past season owing to dronth in 

 July, but it was of good (jfuality and almost totally uninjured by long 

 or frequent rains as in some previous years. 



REMARKS. 



Of the very new varieties the yield of fruit was not suHicient to 

 enable us to judge fairly of their merits for market or home use. 

 Of the older varieties the 



Hansel was the first to ripen. The fruit is medium in size, of fine 

 color and quality and moderately productive, especially valuable for 

 home use. 



Marlboro. This variety has again (under good cultivation) proved 

 very profitable for market. The berry is very large, of light color, 

 is firm and very productive. It is not of as good quality as the 

 Hansel or the wild red raspberry but is a sweet berry of fair quality. 



Cuthbert. While this is not a first class berry in quality, its vigor, 

 size and productiveness makes it the most reliable raspberry for 

 market^or home use. 



BLA(JK-CAP RASPBP:RR1ES. 



Owing to the wet weather of last year the Anthraxnose* devel- 

 oped in large quantities on the canes and so injured them that in 

 many localities the crop has been nnich less than in previous years, 

 but prices ruled higher and the amount of money received from the 

 crop has probably been up to the average. 



Young plantations are not as liable to this disease as those that 

 have fruited several years. 



The following table gives the comparative merits of the different 

 varieties : — 



*Anthraxnose is a disease caused by a parasitic fungus growtli on the canes near the 

 ground. It appears in round dark brown or reddish patches, sometimes completely cov- 

 ering the cane and destroying it. 



