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of the best early white grapes for home use, because of its excellent 

 quality. Vigorous in growth, fairly prolific and comparatively free 

 from disease. Delaware Esteemed for table use because of good 

 quality, also valuable for market. Rather weak in growth and sub- 

 ject to rot. Brighton A choice red sort for home use. Worden 

 Earlier than the Concord, otherwise much the same. Diamond 

 A medium early white grape of excellent quality. Gaertner 

 Larger and lighter red in color than Brighton. Vigorous, prolific, 

 good in quality. Concord The best general purpose grape known. 

 Niagara A vigorous and prolific variety; somewhat subject to rot, 

 but valuable for both home use and market. Agawam An excellent 

 red variety. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



Fairfield (Perfect) Medium size, dark red in color, excellent 

 in quality. One of the best first early sorts. Warfield (Imperfect) 

 Well known. Dark red in color, firm, high quality. Fine for cul- 

 inary use and canning. Haverland (Imperfect) An old favorite 

 that holds its own in prolificacy beside all new-comers. Senator 

 Dunlap (Perfect) Rich in color, firm, high in quality. Plant 

 vigorous, healthy and prolific. Blossoms sometimes fail to set fruit. 

 Bubach (Imperfect) An old favorite for nearby market. Lacks 

 the essentials of richness and firmness necessary in a berry for home 

 use and distant market. Sample A reliable second early market 

 variety. Parson's Beauty (Perfect) A healthy, prolific, profitable 

 variety for nearly all sections of Ohio. Latest (Imperfect) A beau- 

 tiful late berry that is fully as good as it looks. Rich, dark red in 

 color, glossy and attractive. Flavor mild, sweet and delicious. The 

 best of all late berries so far fruited at the Station. 



BLACK-CAP RASPBERRIES. 



Conrath One of the largest and finest of the first early varie- 

 ties. Cumberland The largest of all varieties so far tested at the 

 Station. Jet black in color, quality good. Does equally as well at 

 home of the writer, in central Ohio. Hunger An improved Gregg. 

 Large, late, handsome. Canes hardier than those of Gregg. 



PURPLE-CAP RASPBERRIES. 



Columbian Berries very large, dull purple in color, but excel- 

 lent in quality, both for dessert use and culinary purposes. Canes 

 vigorous, hardy and prolific. Haymaker Similar to Columbian. 



RED RASPBERRIES. 



King Early, bright red, moderately prolific, hardy. Cuthbert 

 Well known. One of the best. Loudon Large, dark red, hand- 

 some, prolific. Canes are quite subject to root or crown gall. One of 

 the best where not affected by this disease. 



BLACKBERRIES. 



Early King Hardy, reliable. Berries large and of fair quality. 

 Eldorado Unsurpassed for a home and market blackberry. Large, 

 beautiful, sweet, tender, excellent. Canes hardy and prolific. 



CURRANTS. 



Red Cross, Wilder, Victoria and White Grape. 



