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Kansas is a valuable market variety, very large, vigorous and 

 productive, but lacking in qualit}'. 



Lovett is as large and productive as Kansas and ranch better in 

 quality. 



Hilborn and Ohio are good, well known varieties. 



Older is the largest and best in quality of the Black Caps, but is a 

 little soft for maiket. Well worthy a place in the garden. 



Bracketls' Seedling is a very promising variety, vigorous and pro- 

 ductive, berries firm and of good quality. 



Souhegan is generally considered a good variet}'^, but the plants 

 seem to have lost much of their vitality and were not productive. 



The raspberries, black caps and blackberries were sprayed April 

 12 and June 3, 1895 with Bordeaux mixture. 



EXPERIJIENTS WITH RED RASPBERRIES. 



Number of Varieties Tested, 20. 

 The crop of 1895 was a little better than in 1894 and the varieties 

 stand in about the same relation to each other. Cuthbert, Marlboro 

 and Thompson's Pride have proved the most valuable on the experi- 

 ment station grounds. The result of the test of varieties is shown 

 in the following table : 



r/io??i2)son's Pride appears to be preferable to Hansel which has 

 lost something of its early vigor. It is earlier, more vigorous, a 



