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Compared with the Shaffer it is much more productive, of about the same 

 color and quality but not as large. This variety has been grown extensively 

 by C. S. Pratt of Reading, Mass., where it succeeds well. 



Comet Currant : I imported this from England about seven years 

 ago and have grown it with' great satisfaction. It is a vigorous grower and 

 a very prolific bearer. It is uniformly large in bunch and berry, of good 

 red color, fine flavor and very attractive. Some of the fruit remained on 

 the bushes in good condition until the first of October this year. Unlike 

 the Versaillaise or the Fay it has no blind eyes and no unproductive 

 plants. 



Perfection Currant: I have seen only the fruit of this variety. It is 

 very large in both bunch and berry, of good quality and fine looking. 



BLACKBERRIES 



Blower's : Found near Portland, Chautauqua Co.,N. Y., some fifteen 

 years ago. It is an upright, vigorous grower, very hardy and enormously pro 

 ductive. In 1903 I saw it bearing in four places and it was very fine every- 

 where. One man, who was not interested in its introduction, told me that it 

 had not failed with him since it commenced to bear seven years before. A sin- 

 gle plant produced over 2600 berries. It commences to ripen about the mid- 

 dle of July, and bears about two months. The fruit is very large and of good 

 quality. A full crop was produced this year, and sold at $4.00 a bushel 

 and no other large variety in that locality produced a crop. 



Kenoyer : Originated at Independence, Kansas. It fruited with me 

 this year for the first time, but the robins took most of the berries. I had 

 but four plants. It is an upright grower about four feet high and is thought 

 to be a very desirable variety. The fruit is about the size of the Snyder. 

 Those who know it best speak highly of its quality. 



La Grange : This variety is said to have been brought from Russia. 

 It is being grown to the extent of several acres at Potomac, 111., by Chas. 

 LaGrange, but has not been offered for sale. I have seen some branches 

 of the fruit. It is a prolific bearer, of rather large size, fine looking and 

 of good quality. One hundred berries made a quart. 



Watt : This originated near Lawrence, Kansas, and is of very great 

 promise. It is of large size, very superior quality, and has small seeds. 

 Not yet offered. 



In regard to new strawberries not jet offered, I reported on the Car- 

 dinal last year. After fruiting it on my own place this year, I would hardly 

 care to change my report. 



