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REPORT ON THE 



No. 33 



OLDER. 



A popular black cap in Iowa; 

 counted a failure in Michigan; re- 

 ported upon favorably at the Lake 

 Huron station. 



ORIGIN: a chance seedling in the 

 garden of Mr. Older, of Independ- 

 ence, Iowa, in 1872. 



PLANT: vigorous; hardy at Ot- 

 tawa, Guelph, and Walkerton; canes 

 of a trailing nature and need cut- 

 ting back; endures drouth well; 

 productive. 



BEBEY: large; color jet black 

 without bloom; texture juicy and 

 moderately firm; flavor pleasant. 



QUALITY: good. 



SEASON: early to medium. 



OLDER. 



RELIANCE. 



A fairly good early table berry; rather soft for shipment; resembles Turner. 

 ORIGIN: New Jersey; a seedling of the Philadelphia raspberry. 

 BUSH: healthy; canes strong and vigorous; very productive. 



BERRY: size medium; color dark red; texture inclined to be soft and juicy; flavor 

 sweetish, ordinary. 



QUALITY: dessert and cooking, fair. 



VALUE: first class for near market; second class for shipping. 



SEASON: early. 



TURNER. 



A fine table berry, and valuable for the home garden; a good market berry, but 

 rather soft for distant shipment. 



ORIGIN: by J. B. Turner, Jacksonville, Illinois. 



PLANT: very hardy; fairly vigorous, making a good strong cane; productive. 



BERRY: form roundish conical; size medium; color dark red; texture soft; flavor 

 sweet, excellent. 



QUALITY: dessert or cooking, very good. 



VALUE: home market, first class; distant market, second class. 



SEASON: medium. 



