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ons with regard to the effect of girdling 

 upon the quality of the fruit. On July the 

 5th of last year, one of the two bearing arms 

 of sixty Concord grape vines were ringed 

 one-half of an inch long near the trunk. As 

 a result, these grapes showed color on 

 August i2th, six days before those of the 

 opposite half of the same vine. They were 

 tit for market on the aoth of September, the 

 berries being then from 30 to 40 per cent, 

 larger and much sweeier than the others. On 

 October ist they were still sweeter than those 

 not treated, but had a somewhat insipid 

 taste, and lacked the refreshing sparkle of 

 the others. 



Dr. Guessman, chemist of the station, was 

 of the opinion that the only explanation of 

 this inferiority at the second period was in 

 the loss of acid. The following is the con- 



clusion drawn by Mr. Maynard : "That 

 there is a decided gain in the time of rip)en- 

 ing of the fruit which will enable us to grow 

 many late varieties not possible without it ; 

 that a gain of ten days would make a great 

 difference in the price of the fruit ; that there 

 is no loss of su^j^ar, and the increased size of 

 the berry would make it very attractive, and 

 more than make up for its softness. This 

 latter condition can be of little objection, as 

 most of the grapes grown in New England 

 are sold in local markets."' 



Small Fruits Tested. — In the same 

 bulletin Mr. Maynard gives the result of two 

 years' testing of a number of varieties of 

 raspberries and blackberries, both old and 

 new, by means of the following tables, which 

 are arranged on a scale of i to 10, i indicat- 

 ing the greatest perfection : 



RED RASPBERRIES. 



Rancocas 



Brandywine .. 



Belle de Fontaine 



Highland Hardy 



Crimson Beauty 



Cuthbert 



Hansel 



Marlboro 



Golden Queen 



Caroline 



Turner 



BLACK-CAP RASPBERRIES. 



Nemaha 



Crawford 



Hilborn 



Thompson's Sweet 



Ohio 



Gregg 



BLACKBERRIES. 



Erie 



Early King 



Wilson, Jr 



Wilson's Early 



Early Harvest 



" Cluster 



Agawam 



Taylor's Piolific 



Wachusett 



Snyder 



Minniwaski 



Excelsior 



Lucretia 



40 



23-3 

 132 



28' 2 



35-5 

 52"' 



277 



78 



i6'6 

 39"3 



i6-5 

 o 



25-8 

 48 

 623 

 21.8 



5 

 10 



50 

 145 



REMARKS. 



Very good. 

 Good. 



Standard market berry. 



Profitable. 



Firm,profitable,requireshigh culture 



Soft. 



Too soft for market. 



Small and crumbles. 



Vigorous. 



Promising, vigorous. 

 Not sufficiently tested. 



Vigorous. 

 Tender. 



Continued fruiting till Aug. 28. 



Sweet and moderately firm. 



Productive good. 



