1905 



REPORT ON THE FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



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Blackberries should not be picked until they are ripe. This fruit will never 

 increase in popularity if fruit growers persist in marketing- green blackberries, as 

 fhey are quite unpalatable, whereas the ripe fruit has a hne flavor. 



Varieties Recommended. 

 (Jeneral List, Approved by the Board or Control. 

 Agawam, Snyder, Eldorado, and for southern sections, Kittatinny. 



District Lists, Recommended by the Experimenters. 

 BurHngton District: By A. W. Peart, Burlington, Ont. 

 Commercial and Domestic: Snyder, Briton, Triumph, Agawam, Taylor. 



Lake Stmroe District: By G. C. Caston, Craighur,,t, Ont. 

 Commercial and Domestic: Agawam, Eldor.ado. 



DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 



AGAWAM. 



A profitable variety, and a favorite for the table. 



Origin: found growing wild by John Perkins, Ipswich, Mass., abovit 18.0. 

 J'lant : hardy, vigorous and productive, resistive of drouth. 

 Berry: oblong, medium size, black, sweet, tender and of good flavor. 

 Season : early. 



Adaptation: succeeds in nearly all fruit sections; one of the hardiest varieties, 

 and therefore planted in Northern sections in preference to Kittatinny. 



Agawam. 



