



RASPBERRIES 1359 



Root-knot or Crown Gall 



This disease is especially destructive to red raspberries. Its 

 presence is indicated by rough, knotty, swellings or bunches, 

 usually at the surface of the ground or on the roots beneath. 

 There is no satisfactory treatment. All infested plants should be 

 discarded at planting time, and plants should not be set on ground 

 known to be infested with this disease. 



HANDLING AND MARKETING THE FRUIT 



Red raspberries may produce anywhere from four to eight or 

 ten good crops, depending on conditions. The berries are usually 

 marketed in quart boxes which are placed in crates of various 

 sizes, the average holding 32 quarts. Some markets, however, 

 prefer the pint boxes. The fruit when picked should be fully 

 ripe, but still firm. It deteriorates rapidly after picking, and 

 should not be harvested while wet, as it soon becomes soft, dull in 

 color, and loses much of its delightful flavor. Yields of red rasp- 

 berries are usually less than those of the other bush-fruits. They 

 vary from 1,400 to 2,000 quarts per acre, and the selling price 

 varies from eight to sixteen cents per quart, a price higher than 

 for the other bush-fruits. 



VARIETIES 



" Many are called, but few are chosen.' 7 Most of the varieties 

 available may be characterized by their faults. Few of them have 

 any commercial value. Adaptation should be determined before 

 planting largely, as varieties may succeed in one place and be 

 failures in other locations. We may determine what varieties to 

 set by observation of the kinds doing well in the immediate locality 

 under apparently similar conditions, and by a trial of a few plants 

 before setting extensively. The list given is only suggestive. It 

 includes those of most importance in this state. 



The June, a variety originating at the Experiment Station, 

 Geneva, N. Y., is already assuming commercial importance in 

 parts of the state on account of its earliness, large size, attractive 

 appearance, and productiveness. Perfection, also an early variety, 

 is popular in the Hudson Valley. Marlboro has long been the 

 leading early variety, but its culture is on the decline. Herbert 

 is a wonderfully productive variety, of large size, but somewhat 



