28 BOARD OF AGEICULTURE. 



Red Raspberry. 



1885. Yield, 335,694 qts. ; value, $32,841. 



This requires almost the same treatment as the black- 

 berry. The fruit is rather more perishable and ships best in 

 pint or third boxes, but some of our markets prefer them 

 in quart boxes. 



The varieties that may be said to be hardy, or nearly so,, 

 are Cuthbert, Turner, Marlborough, Hansel, Caroline and 

 Golden Queen. Of these, the Cuthbert is the most vigorous 

 and more largely planted. The Turner succeeds best upon, 

 a rather heavy soil. The Marlborough and Hansel are very 

 early and promise to be valuable, although not as vigorous or 

 productive as the Cuthbert. The Caroline is yellow, per- 

 fectly hardy, but too soft for market. 



Black-Caps. 



1885. Yield, 22,794 qts. ; value $2,583. 



This is the best of the so-called briers to grow on account 

 of its not throwing up suckers from the roots, but remaining 

 in permanent hills. If properly planted and pruned, the 

 cultivation may be almost wholly done with the horse, cul- 

 tivating two ways between the hills in the fall, and again 

 during the spring, but letting the plants come together in 

 rows during the sunnuer. 



The demand for large berries is large and increasing, and 

 it will prove a protitaljle crop. It is more subject to the 

 attack of insects and diseases than the red raspberry, but 

 under good cultivation a plantation ought to remain in good 

 condition for from eight to ten years. It is the practice of 

 many growers to plant new lields every five or six years. 

 Of the standard varieties the Doolittle or Souhegan, Cen- 

 tennial and Gregor >xyq amoni>- the best. 



New Fruits. 

 In any list of varieties of fruits that we iiiay make we 

 find that few, if any, of them, are just what we would have 

 them. We have no perfect varieties ; there are always 

 some points wherein they might be improved, and great 

 interest has been awakened in the production of new varieties. 



