Small Fruits for Colorado. 
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producing canes ten to twelve feet in length. This variety is now 
superceded in many localities by Chicago, where it has proven more 
productive and superior in quality. Both are standard purple-cane 
varieties for Colorado. In habit of growth they are very similar, 
both producing heavy crops of large purple berries. 
The purple-cane varieties are best adapted for local markets, as 
the fruit does not possess as good shipping qualities when fully ripe 
as the red varieties. The price obtained for the fruits of the purple- 
caned varieties is generally higher. 
Black Raspberries, or Black Caps. 
Black caps are not extensively grown in Colorado, though the 
price obtained for the fruit is generally higher than for the red or 
purple-caned varieties. The black caps require more care in cul¬ 
tivation and irrigation, as under careless cultural methods the fruit 
has a tendency to become small and dry. They are better adapted 
to a moister climate, though with good care and with favorable soil 
conditions they can be grown successfully where the red varieties 
are grown: 
Varieties .—The following varieties have been grown at Fort 
Collins and are commended for the Eastern Slope: 
Kansas .—One of the earliest varieties, fruit of good size and 
fine quality. An excellent dessert berry and when not picked too 
ripe stands shipment well. It is also- a hardy and vigorous grower. 
Gregg .—A medium late berry, ripens from a week to ten days 
later than Kiansas. Like Kansas in size and quality, but not quite 
so juicy. Will stand shipment better than Kansas. It is also a 
productive and strong growing variety. 
Conrath .—An early ripening variety, fruit large and coal 
black. An excellent variety for local market, but rather soft for 
long-distance shipment. The quality is of the best and the fruiting 
season long. Recommended for home use and for local market. 
Blackberries. 
The climate of Colorado, except in small isolated areas, is not 
adapted to blackberry culture. The blackberry, being a native of 
the shady, damp woods, would naturally not be expected to thrive 
on our dry, hot plains and valleys and the few attempts to grow this 
bramble have proven failures. In moist, narrow mountain valleys 
or on mountain slopes and on sub-irrigated land which carry little 
or no alkali, blackberries may be grown successfully. 
The land intended for blackberries should previously to plant¬ 
ing have been cultivated a couple years, at least. The land should 
