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JUNE 



MARLBORO 



cross with Cuthbert and other well-known raspberries. 

 Among the seedlings raised from this plant was this 

 one, and though no signs of the Cuthbert appear, yet it 

 can hardly be doubted that Cuthbert pollen has effected 

 some of the wonderful improvements to be seen in this 

 new variety.' " 



JUNE. Fig. 241. R. strigosus. Several re- 

 markable characteristics of plant and fruit 

 make June worthy of extensive planting. The 

 plants are as hardy and as healthy as those 

 of its two well-known parents, Loudon and 

 Marlboro, and are more vigorous. Com- 

 paratively few suckers are produced, and these 

 are little crowded, so that the plants are bet- 

 ter able to mature their crop. The yield is 

 heavy and is well distributed over a long sea- 

 son, which begins the earliest of all of the 70 

 varieties of red raspberries growing at the 

 New York Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 Geneva, New York. It ripens as no other 

 raspberry does, in June, hence the name. The 

 fruits resemble those of Loudon in color, but 



. 241. June. (XD 



are a brighter, handsomer red; they average 

 larger and are more spherical. The product 

 ships unusually well throughout the season, 

 and is high in quality. June is the result of 

 a cross made on the New York Station grounds 

 in 1897 between Loudon and Marlboro. 



Plants vigorous, upright, few suckers, hardy, very 

 productive, healthy ; canes stocky, nearly smooth, 

 roundish, often with considerable bloom ; spines straight, 

 short, few in number and distributed almost entirely 

 near the base. Fruit matures very early, keeps and 

 ships well, adheres well to the bushes, easily picked ; 

 berries very large, and holding their size unusually well 

 until the close of the fruiting season, firm, with large 

 drupelets, bright, handsome red resembling Loudon, 

 mild subacid ; quality very good. 



KING. R. strigosus. In the Northeast, 

 King, although hardy, is not so satisfactory 

 as other standard sorts, but in West Virginia 

 and westward through the Central West it is 

 considered one of the best early red rasp- 

 berries. King is one of the standard sorts in 

 Minnesota. It is most productive on clay 

 loams. King was grown from seed by T. 

 Thompson, Richmond, Virginia, and was in- 

 troduced in 1892. 



Plants tall, vigorous, upright-spreading, productive, 

 hardy ; suckers numerous. Leaflets rather small, some- 



what lanceolate, more or less pubescent on both sur- 

 faces. Flower-cluster long, loose, leafy, with 8-12 

 flowers. Fruit early, of medium size, light red ; re- 

 ceptacle small, releasing the berry easily ; drupelets 

 rather small, cohering poorly, the berries crumbling 

 rather badly ; flesh soft, tender, with rather insipid 

 flavor ; quality rather poor ; seeds of medium size. 



LOUDON. Fig. 242. R. strigosus. Long a 

 dependable variety, Loudon is still one of the 

 best red raspberries for the northern limits 

 of this fruit, being hardier than Cuthbert or 



242. Loudon. (XD 



Marlboro, with which it must compete in 

 raspberry regions. The product is liked by 

 canners, because it holds its color well. The 

 fruits are not so good in quality as those of 

 Cuthbert, and the plant is very subject to 

 crown-gall or "knotty roots". Loudon is sup- 

 posed to be a seedling of Turner crossed with 

 Cuthbert, and originated about 1890 with 

 F. W. Loudon, Janesville, Wisconsin. 



Plants of medium height and vigor, stocky, upright, 

 very hardy ; with numerous canes. Fruit midseason, 

 bright red, medium to large, somewhat larger than 

 Cuthbert, conic ; drupelets large with a well-marked 

 suture, adhering so that berries do not crumble ; re- 

 ceptacle of medium size, releasing the berry easily ; 

 flesh firm, tender, juicy, moderately sweet, pleasantly 

 aromatic ; quality good ; seeds relatively small. 



MARLBORO. Fig. 243. R. strigosus. 

 Grown more or less in all the berry regions 

 of North America, Marlboro is the standard 

 early red raspberry in many parts of the East, 



243. Marlboro. (XD 



along the shores of Lake Erie, and in Col- 

 orado. In these regions the variety is prized 

 for hardiness; productiveness; its very large 

 berries, which average three-fourths of an inch, 

 and are often more than an inch in diameter; 

 its handsome crimson fruits; and because the 

 crop hangs on the bushes three or four days 

 after maturity and is still marketable. Marl- 

 boro originated with A. J. Caywood, Marl- 

 boro, New York, in 1882. 



Plants of medium height and vigor, upright, hardy, 

 very productive, with numerous canes. Foliage rather- 



