Two Year Old “POTOMAC” Planting 
PURPLE RASPBERRIES 
POTOMAC—We are afraid to say all we would like 
to about the new U. S. Dept, of Agr. purple raspberry, 
Potomac, considering the limited number of plants avail¬ 
able. 
We said last year after two years of fruiting we 
were sure they would ouc yield any other known variety 
of raspberries. After another year’s fruiting we repeat 
this with emphasis. Both of our plantings are on rather 
poor ground but have produced larger canes and c 
than any other variety on the bes' of ground. If you like 
a purple berry, and most people do after a trial, or if your 
market is acouainted with them, they are cer'ainly worth 
a trial. Our stock is annarently fre° from mild mosa” 
and can be rlanted with blacks. Plants are quite small 
with few roots but have good sized sprouts and grow vig¬ 
orously from the start. 
Following is taken from the U. S. Dept, of Agric. 
official description: The Potomac is being introduced be¬ 
cause the stock is free from mosaic, it is hardier, more 
resistant to common diseases, more vigorous and produc¬ 
tive, and better suited to causing and preserving than 
present purple varieties. It has been hardv wherever 
tested and appears to be adao + ed to a wide range of 
climadic conditions. It makes a very vigorous, erect cane 
growth, especially the first year, and almost a full crop 
has been harvested under favorable conditions the second 
summer after planting. Each plant makes a large num¬ 
ber of canes. The fruiting laterals are long and produce 
a. large number of flowers and fruit. Compared with the 
Cumberland blackberry set at the same time in an adjoin¬ 
ing row, the Potomac averaged °0 to 25 berries pe 1- fruiting 
lateral and the Cumberland 10 to 12 each. Moreover, the 
Potomac averaged more laterals and canes per plant. The 
laterals droop and may even break when loaded with 
ripening fruit. The berries are large, firm, dark purplish 
red in color, covered with considerable bloom and are of 
good flavor. When the Cumberland averaged 400 berries 
per heaped quart, the Potomac averaged 360 per quart. 
It makes a very fine raspberry preserve, superior in flavor 
to that made from black and red raspberries. It is one of 
the very few rasnberrv varieties Dom which jelly may be 
made without the addition of pectin. 
Orders for Potomac booked in order received and 
subject to return in ca^e of shortage of plants. 
