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REPORT ON THE FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 



No. 24 



SMITH GIANT. 

 A very promising black raspberry for the commercial plantation. 

 Origin; with A. M. Smith, St. Catharines, Ont. 

 Plant ; vigorous, fairly hardy and quite productive. 

 Fruit : very large ; black, with heavy bloom. 





Smith Giant. 



Quality : dessert or cooking very good. 

 Value : market one of the best. 

 Season : late. 



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. 



STRAWBERRY-RASPBERRY. 



Considered somewhat valuable for canning, presenting an attractive appearance in 

 the jar; interesting as a curiosity, but of no commercial value; may become a trouble- 

 some weed. 



Plant: easily propagated by suckers and rootst-ocks ; 



scantily productive; stalks grow eighteen inches high and die 



down in the fall; fruits on growth of the current season. 



Berry- ; large; color a beautiful bright rod; quality poor, 

 but somewhat improved by cooking. 



Value ; market third class. 



Season : .July to September. 



Straw berry-Raspherry'. 



