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Mrs. Goodwin. I would like to ask if vou know anything 

 abovit Syracuse Reds. 



Mr. Davenport. All I know about the Syracuse Red is 

 that I saw it growing this last year for the first time in one of 

 the nurseries near Rochester, New York. It certainly was 

 liked there. I haven't seen it in a fruit field, but simply in 

 a nursery where they were propagating stock. It shoots up 

 well, the berry is exceptionally good, of fine color and fine size, 

 firm, and is a very attractive appearing berry, and the same 

 applies to the foliage. 



Mrs. Goodwin. I had something like fifty-one canes from 

 which I had some 50 quarts of berries this last year, and 

 won the prize here at the hall, and it proved to be a very 

 firm, very large and very beautiful berry, and held up well. 



Mr. Cook. I would like to inquire about the Gibraltar 

 blackcap. 



Mr. Davenport. That is a new one on me. 



Mr. Cook. King Brothers had a nursery of it, and it proved 

 very satisfactory. Forty years ago blackcap was one of the 

 most productive. I noticed last year in Worcester that the 

 blackcap sold equally as well as the red raspberry, so our 

 blackcap is coming back again. 



A Member [from New York]. Relative to the June, it has 

 been one of the most satisfactory breeds I have grown. It is 

 very early, of a good size and a very attractive color. It is 

 subject to yellow leaf, a rather obscure trouble in New York 

 State, which almost all of our commercial reds seem to be 

 subject to, yet it is about as promising as any. The Ontario 

 also looked very good. 



