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results were very definite, but not encouraging. The 

 young canes made a vigorous growth, but not a single 

 cluster of flowers appeared on either the Cuthbert or 

 Shaffer plants. There were two or three fine clusters 

 of fruit among the. Fontenay plants thus treated, but 

 this is one of the European varieties, which are charac- 

 terized by more or less continuous fruiting throughout 

 the season. Just as good clusters were to be found, 

 and apparently as many of them, where the plants were 

 treated in the ordinary manner. 



The only advantage in autumn fruiting is the pro- 

 duction of a small amount of fresh fruit for family 

 use late in the season, but this trial seems to show 

 little prospect of inducing tardy fruiting by means 

 of encouraging a late seasonal growth. 



HARVESTING AND MARKETING 



Red raspberries ought, if possible, to be picked 

 every other day, for they deteriorate rapidly when once 

 they are ripe, a process which is not prevented by their 

 being allowed to hang on the bushes. Moreover, since 

 they are a soft, difficult berry to ship, at best, it is 

 advisable to start them on the way at the earliest pos- 

 sible moment. The longer they remain after ripening, 

 the softer, duller in color and poorer in quality they 

 become. They are best marketed in pint baskets. 

 These are oblong in shape, and the size is such that 

 an ordinary bushel crate will just hold sixty of them. 

 The smaller quantity in each basket enables them to 

 carry much better than when marketed in quarts. Care 



