A CATALOG OF NEW FRUITS 
Marcy. This red raspberry is offered for the first time this year. The berries 
are the largest of any variety in the Station collection, are long conic, firm, thick- 
fleshed, medium red, mild in flavor and of good quality. The plants are tall, 
vigorous, healthy and hardy at Geneva. The sturdy canes which should not need 
support, bear the fruit out in the open, thus facilitating picking. Marcy is worth 
trying for market and for home use, being especially noteworthy for the very 
large berries, vigor and productiveness of the plants. 
Newburgh is proving to be a very satisfactory berry for market purposes. 
The fruit is very large, very firm, and does not crumble. The color is a bright, 
attractive red; in keeping and shipping quality it has no superior. The plants are 
vigorous, hardy and very productive, the weight of the fruit is so great that the 
canes are often bent to the ground. The fruit is borne out in the open where it 
may be readily picked. Under average conditions such as prevail in central and 
western New York, mosaic is rarely serious in Newburgh. In season it is three or 
four days earlier than Cuthbert. The canes should be cut back about one fourth 
to one third at the regular dormant pruning in early spring, since this variety 
tends to overbear if not cut back. This should improve the picking quality 
somewhat. 
Taylor is the most promising red raspberry on the Station grounds at the present 
time, and is offered for trial for both market and home garden. The plants are 
usually vigorous, hardy, productive, tall growing, and increase rapidly. Taylor 
is more subject to mosaic than Newburgh, and the necessary control measures 
for that disease should be followed. The sturdy canes hold the berries well off the 
ground. The berries ripen shortly before Latham, are large, long conic, bright 
attractive red, thick fleshed, firm, subacid and of excellent quality. They do not 
cling to the bush as tightly as Newburgh. 
PURPLE RASPBERRIES 
Sodus. This variety is the most promising new purple raspberry on the Station 
grounds. It originated from the cross between the Dundee black raspberry and 
the Newburgh red raspberry. The berries are very large, firm, medium purple 
in color, sprightly and good in quality. The plants are very vigorous, very pro¬ 
ductive, and hardy. Sodus is more resistant to drought than Columbian and 
vielded a good crop this year. It ripens shortly after Latham. If this variety 
holds up to its present promise, it should replace Columbian of which all stock 
is diseased, and simplify mosaic control in those areas where Columbian is grown 
extensively. 
STRAWBERRIES 
These varieties were derived from the cross of Howard by Mar¬ 
shall. The plants of this cross are exceptionally vigorous and excel¬ 
lent plant makers; the fruits are large, glossy, very attractive, very 
good in quality, and ripen in midseason. 
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