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VARIETY. 



Agawam , 



Early King, 



Erie, 



Ered, 



Lucretia, (Dewberry, ) . 



Miunevvaski, 



Snyder, 



Stone's Hardy, 



Taylor, '. 



Wachusett, 



Western Triumph, 



Wilson, 



Winter- 

 killing. 



.00 

 .00 

 .00 

 .00 

 .00 

 .00 

 .00 

 .00 

 .00 

 .00 

 .00 

 .00 



.00 

 .05 

 .33 

 .18 

 .85 

 .15 

 .00 

 .05 

 .02 

 .00 

 .02 

 .00 



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May 23 

 June 5 

 June 5 

 May 31 

 May 30 

 May 31 

 May 25 

 May 31 

 May 29 

 May 25 

 June 5 

 June 4 



1. 

 1. 

 1. 



ra. 

 v.l. 

 1. 

 1. 

 1. 

 1. 

 s. 

 1. 

 1. 



Of the varieties given in the above table only the Agawam, Snyder 

 and Taylor can be recommended for profit. 



The Agawam is the earliest of the three and has generally been 

 free from disease and very productive, but in one or two cases it has 

 been reported as unproductive, and during the past season, has, in 

 several places, been injured by a fungous disease attacking the leaves, 

 somewhat similar to the yellow blackberry rust so common on the 

 Wachusett and some of the blackcap varieties of raspberry. This 

 disease is probably more nearly related to the rose rust or 

 Phragmidium. 



It has been discovered on this and many other varieties in the 

 college plots, on the Agawam in Northboro, Mass. and also on the 

 same variety in Amesbury, Mass. Attacking tlie plants in the late 

 summer and autumn, the caues probably do not mature perfectly, 

 and this may be the cause of their failure to produce good crops of 

 fruit. The disease will be carefully investigated during the winter 

 and suggestions made as to remedies before the season of 1895. 



Snyder. This is one of the most hardy, vigorous and productive 

 varieties in cultivation, but the berries turn red so soon after picking 

 that they are unsalable after standing in the boxes more than one 

 day. For a local market it is very valuable. 



*Prof. B. T. Galloway of the Mycological Division of the Dept. of Agriculture 

 reports this fungus as Chrysomyxa albida, or fall raspberry rust. 



