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RASPBERRIES. 



]T[HESE are splendidly successful in Colorado. Northern 

 and Southern Colorado tell the same story as to their 

 easy culture, prolificacy and profit. In an address before 

 the El Paso County Horticultural Society, last winter, Mr. 

 E. R. Cosson was enthusiastic as to the berry. Others have 

 also written in its favor. As to varieties, we group to- 

 gether some opinions from those who have given attention 

 to them. 



A. E. GIPSON : Of the reds, the Clark is the best known, 

 but the Turner is considered hardier. The leading Black 

 Caps are the Gregg, Mammoth Cluster and the Doolittle. 

 They rank in the order given. 



W. F. WATROUS : I cultivate the following varieties,, 

 but think the Gregg the best suited for Colorado. Doolittle, 

 Imperial, Mammoth Cluster, Gregg, Davidson's Thornless,, 

 Brinkle's Orange. 



A. N. HOAG : My favorite is the Doolittle improved, 

 which I consider the standard variety for Colorado. From 

 700 two-year-old plants I have gathered one thousand 

 quarts of berries. I consider it specially adapted to our 

 climate, as the bushes stand our hardest winters unpro- 

 tected. 



H. G. WOLFF: The earliest to cultivate are the Black 

 Cap varieties, which require no protection on the uplands, 

 and with good cultivation produce abundant crops of fair 

 fruit. The Gregg and the Mammoth Cluster are the only 

 two worthy of cultivation in Colorado. The first has grown 

 berries, four of which placed on a rule measured three and 



