BLACK-CAPS. 



Ada, 



Carmau, : 



Cluster, 



Crawford, 



Cromwell, 



Earhart, 



Hilborn, 



Lovett, 



Neineha 



(Jhio, 



Palmer, 



Progress 



Souhegan, 



Spriugfleld, 1 



Thompson's Sweet, 3 



Date of Date of 

 Bloom- I Ripening 

 ing. 



jJnne 10 

 1 I J line 7 

 ;June 12 

 Ijune 15 

 6 [June 9 

 June 5 

 June 8 

 June 6 

 June 15 

 June 10 

 June 5 

 June 6 

 June 6 

 June 4 

 June 15 



July 

 July 

 July 

 July 

 JulV 



July 



July 

 July 

 July 

 July 

 July 

 July 

 July 

 June 

 July 



The crop of black-cap raspberries was very good, the canes being 

 but little injured by the winter. Another season will be required to 

 prove whether any of the new kinds are more valuable than the old 

 standard sorts. 



The only varieties seriously injured by the anthracnose of "red 

 spot fungus,*' are given in the order of amount of the disease, — 

 Cromwell, Earhart, Springfield, Thompson's Sweet. 



The remedies found most successful for this disease are Solution of 

 Copper sulphate and the Bordeaux mixture. 



Copper Sulphate, 1 lb. to 25 gallons, should be sprayed over the 

 canes before the buds start. As soon as the leaves are fully unfolded 

 apply the Bordeaux mixture, and make a second application of the 

 same before the blossoms are open. 



If insects attack the blossom buds before opening, as is reported in 

 some sections, apply 1 lb. of Paris green to 200 gallons of tbe Bor- 

 deaux mixture. 



Never use Paris green after the blossoms have opened. 



BLACKBERRIES. 



Unlike the raspberry, the canes of the blackberry, of almost all 

 varieties, were not injured at all during the winter of 1892 and the 

 finest crop known for many years was produced in all sections of 

 New England. 



