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yet we will undoubtedly have to depend upon private enter- 

 prises and the Experimental Stations for this work. 



In my own experience, and for a variety to follow the 

 June, we have had very good success with the King, but I 

 suspect that the King is a variety which may be deteriorar 

 ting, may be going the way of the old ]\Iarlboro, and varie- 

 ties of its time, which were prominent a few years ago. 

 The King is an attractive berry, very vigorous in habits and 

 growth, a great plant maker, but a berry of poor quality, 

 ft simph' gives us one advantage, namely, we are able to get 

 into the early market." Just as the Hudson River berri^es 

 are going out w^e are able to take their place in the market 

 and keep up the regular and constant supply. Next to that 

 Ave have enjoyed working with the Ruby, which originated 

 in the Hudson River valley, and has been very satisfactory 

 indeed. With us, the fruit is not of superior quality, l)ut of 

 splendid size and color. It is not a vigorous plant maker, 

 but a variety, I believe, from which one can get a tremen- 

 dous yield per acre because the variety will permit of close 

 pJanting. Then of course, we have the old Cuthbert, that 

 seems to be one of the nearly perpetual varieties, and it is 

 well that it is, because it is hard to imagine a berry of bet- 

 ter quality. Those of us who like to be critical are inclined 

 to find fault with it. I found twenty years ago that they 

 were finding some of the same faults with it, and yet it 

 seems to l)e .with possibly one exception, the most valuable 

 berry for us today in Massachusetts. One characteristic, 

 amounting almost to a fault, is its length of cane. Another is 

 its proneness to winter-killing, but it is a beautifully shaped 

 fruit of first quality, although a little too dark, but all iu all 

 it is still a wonderful variety. 



x\nother variety I would like to call your attention to is 

 tlie Herbert. It originated near Ottawa in Canada. In 

 many ways it is quite the opposite of the Cuthbert. It is a 

 large berry of different shape, more compact or flattened, 

 fully as large to larger. The cane is famous for its hardi- 



