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Blackcap Raspberries. 



Number of Varieties 26, Distance Planted 5x7 ft. 

 This crop was the largest for many years. Most of the varieties 

 came through the winter uninjured, and the early summer was favor- 

 able to a perfect growth. As with the red raspberry however con- 

 siderable fruit was destroyed by the heavy rains. The varieties 

 ripened their fruit this season more nearly at the same time than usual. 

 The following table sliows the standing of a few of the best 

 varieties : 



Shaffer Seedling Raspberries. 



A collection of some 350 varieties of seedlings of the above 

 purple cap or hybrid variety have fruited the past season with most 

 interesting results. The seed was selected from the finest berries 

 from a row of this purple cap or hybrid variety which stood between 

 a field of Marlboro's on the one side and Thompson's Prolific on the 

 other. More than half of the seedlings are of the red raspberry 

 type (Rubus strigosus) the majority of the fruits however being 

 purple in color like the parent or like that of the old variety Phila- 

 delphia and nearly all were of good size and quality. 



Many of the plants produced large, well formed berries of a bright 

 scarlet color and of the best quality. Some show great promise. 

 Among these seedlings were found almost every style of develop- 

 ment between the nearly typical form of the Blackcap (Rubus 

 occidantilis) and that of the wild red raspberry (R. strigosus) and 

 also a few albino or white or yellow forms of both species. 



