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out and bear an immense croD. The full name is "Shaffer's Colossal" 

 but it is commonly called "the Shaffer." 



Question. Will you name the varieties of the red raspberries 

 that 3'ou would recommend? 



Mr. Augur. I hardly dare do it, for fear I may lead you astray ; 

 your climate is so different from ours that the varieties that are 

 hardy with us might fail with you. If an}' one has had experience 

 here he would probably be a safer guide than I. If I were to name 

 some for you, among the first I should put the Cuthbert, which is 

 perfectly hardy with us, a good producer and the fruit is a good 

 market berry. Take it all in all, no variety that we have had has 

 been more generally approved than the Cuthbert. 



Mr. Briggs. I would like to ask Mr. Augur if he considers the 

 Sharpless strawberry a good shipping berry. 



Mr. Augur. Yes, for short distances. 1 don't know as I ought 

 to say yes, because shipping may mean five hundred miles. There 

 is one fault about the Sharpless ; it doesn't color all over at once ; 

 they have green tips, and sometimes, if we wait long enough for them 

 to get a good full color the}' get a little over-ripe. If we pick them 

 with the green tip it makes them look badly when they reach the 

 market. If you wait until they are over-ripe before you pick them 

 they are not good berries to ship. 



Mr. Briggs. At the present time, near our small cities and larger 

 villages, we are increasing the production of strawberries, and I 

 noticed last season that the Sharpless were sought for at remuner- 

 ative prices. 



Mr. Augur. I should judge that among the larger berries that 

 have been widely distributed and tested over the country, probably 

 the Sharpies^ would take the lead. You allude to the Wilson. The 

 Wilson strawberry is not understood. Like the Concord grape it 

 colors before it is ripe. If picked at that time it is a sour berry and 

 wants a great deal of sugar. But if you let the Wilson get thoroughly 

 ripe it is of very good quality ; but in that case it loses its shipping 

 quality. The shipping quality of the Wilson is owing to the fact 

 that it colors over before it is really ripe. 



Mr. SwEETSER. I would like to ask with reference to the Jessie 

 strawberry. We have a circular recommending it, and from what I 

 have seen I have got an opinion that it is going to be a leading berry 

 in some sections ; I don't know how it will be here. The Belmont I 



