Durham The fall crop starts ripening by mid-August, making it the earliest ever- 

 bearer. Strictly a home garden variety as the fruit is rather small and 

 quite soft. It should be gro\TO only for its fall crop, 



September This variety is the most reliable everbearer available. Its fruit is 



superior in size and quality to the old Ranere (St. Regis) and its fall 

 crop ripens considerably ahead of Indian Sujnmer, The summer crop of 

 September is quite satisfactory as an early variety. 



Sodus 



Bristol 



Purple raspberries frequently produce higher yields than reds; hovrever, 

 the purple color is not too desirable, Sodus is the most satisfactory 

 purple variety, with Harion suggested to extend the season. 



Black raspberries are not generally satisfactory in liassachusetts because 

 of their great susceptibility to virus diseases, Bristol is perhaps the 

 best new variety, if one desires to try black raspberries. 



—- Dept, of Pomology 



BLACKBERRY VARIETIES 



Eldorado This variety has long been considered desirable for home or commercial 



use in the East, Unf oi^tunately, many nursery stocks of it have been badly- 

 mixed with a T;orthless sort in recent years, 



Bailey The fruits of this new variety are somewhat larger and later than Eldorado 

 moderately firm and good quality. Plants are vigorous and productive. 

 Recommended for trial. 



Trailing types, such as the Young berry , Logan beriy and Boysenberry, are not sufficient- 

 ly winter hainly and productive in most parts of the state. However, the 

 Boysenberry has been reported as reasonably satisfactory iii a fev/ locations, 



—Dept, of Pomology 



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SHALL m GRUYiT FRUITS IN THE BACK YARD? 



Most gardeners have a laudable ambition to grow one or more fruits for the 

 home table. But not more than one in ten attains any measure of success. It is safe 

 to say that not more than 10^ of the time and money invested in home fruit plantings 

 brings a reasonable return. In fact, many back yard ventures of this kind are a dis- 

 mal failure. The reasons are obvious. First, the gardener frequently makes an un- 

 wise choice of fruits, planting apple trees when he should have planted strawberries, 

 and second, little attention is given to such essentials as varieties, spacing of 

 plants, insect and disease control, etc. 



Fruit growing is beset with more difficulties than is the case vath most flow - 

 ers or vegetables. Unless ample space is available and the gardener is willing to 

 put first things first, the garden area may well be devoted to a succession of vege- 

 tables and flowers. Certainly it is a horticultural mistake to set a fevj- fruit trees 

 in a limited space, only to find that they produce little usable fruit in themselves, 

 and at the same time interfere with other crops planted between the trees, 



Vifith this pessimistic vie-vvpoint out of the Tray, let's look at the brighter 

 side. To enjoy strawberries, and more particularly raspberi-ies at their best, one 



