Blueray Ripens early, just after Earliblue, in Rancocas-Stanley season; 



fruit clusters small, tight, attractive; berries very large, firm, 

 light blue, aromatic, very fine flavored if fully ripe; bushes 

 erect, somewhat spreading, vigorous and productive. Has considerable 

 cold resistance. 



Bluecrop Ripens early mid-season, fruit very light blue, very firm, good 

 flavor, small scar, clusters large, medium loose. Bush upright, 

 vigorous and productive, easy to propagate. Resistant to spring 

 frost and winter cold. 



Berkeley Ripens mid-season, fruit very large, light blue, firm, mild flavor, 

 scar large and dry; bush upright, vigorous, productive, easy to 

 propagate and prune. 



Pemberton Ripens late, fruit large, firm attractive, good blue, excellent 

 flavor, poor scar; bush upright, very vigorous, very productive, 

 hardy. 



Herbert Ripens late, fruit large, fair blue, good scar, flavor good, skin 



tender; bush spreading, vigorous, productive and easy to propagate. 



Jersey Ripens late, fruit medium to large, fair blue, attractive, firm, 

 good flavor but tart if not fully ripe, good scar, open cluster; 

 bush upright, vigorous, productive, hardy. 



Coville Ripens very late, fruit large, firm, good scar, highly aromatic 



flavor, tart when not fully ripe, good blue, attractive; bush up- 

 right, spreading, vigorous and very productive. 



John S. Bailey 



I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 



VARIETAL HARDINESS OF RASPBERRIES 



The raspberry industry in Massachusetts has almost disappeared. Numerous 

 factors are involved. One of the most important is winter killing of the canes 

 by cold and by disease. Cold injury is the most common type of winter injury. 

 However, some varieties such as Latham become badly infected with spur blight 

 which girdles and kills the canes so that they appear to have died from cold 

 injury. 



The raspberry hardiness problem in this area is complicated by varieties 

 which on the one hand have too high a proportion of cane lengths killed every 

 year and on the other by a few which will stand very low temperature if the low 

 temperature persists but will suffer considerably if the temperature is 

 unseasonably warm or variable. The latter varieties are sometimes injured 

 severely in this area but suffer little or not at all farther north. They may 

 come through a severe winter such as that of 1960-61 almost uninjured but be 

 injured severely in an open winter such as that of 1959-60. This is well 

 Illustrated in the table. 



