If You Will Leave Selections of Varieties Entirely 
Stood in a stiiX blue grass sod and at 
rimes the mercury has gone to 35% 
below zero in winter. With us, it is 
the most desirable of all purple rasp¬ 
berries. The canes are smooth, with 
no thorns to speak of and pickers 
much prefer them to other raspberries. 
The plants are very vigorous and 
never winterkill. The berries are very 
large, thick meated and firm, the firm¬ 
est raspberry we know. They can be 
shipped long distances in quart 
baskets and bring the highest prices.: 
The Royal Purple is fully two weeks i 
later than Columbian and thus pro¬ 
longs the season for raspberries. Un-' 
like some raspberries, the Royal Purple i 
does not crumble when picked, but 
conies off the bush easily. It is un¬ 
questionably the most valuable rasp¬ 
berry for market that we know. Six 
plants for $1.00; 12, $1.50; 25, $2.50; 
100, $7.50; 1.000, $60.00. 
Columbian.- -The best known of all 
dark red or purple raspberries. The 
canes are very vigorous growers, well 
covered with spines and are enor¬ 
mously productive. The fruit is large, 
dark purple and of fine quality. It 
ripens a few days later than Shaffer’s 
Colossal. Very desirable for canning. 
A universal favorite. Twenty-five for 
50c; 100, $1.50;. 1.000, $12.00. i 
Schaffer's Colossal, Haymaker, Card-! 
inal.—Twenty-five for 50c; 100, $1.75; 
l.oOO. $15.00. 
Red Varieties 
Cuthbert.—This variety, sometimes 
known as “Queen of the Market,” is 
the most popular raspberry in cultiva¬ 
tion. The canes are rank healthy 
growers and under good care are very 
productive. The first year or so, they 
are inclined to sucker much from the 
roots, but wdien kept in the same place 
for several years, this is not so pro- 
I nounced. The fruit la very large, deep 
red and of the very finest flavor. It is 
a great favorite with the house wife 
for eating fresh, for shortcake and for 
canning. Ripens medium to late. 
Twenty-five for 50c; 100, $1.25; 1,000. 
$ 10 . 00 . 
Idaho (hlver-bearing).—This is the 
hardiest red raspberry we are familiar 
with. It comes from Wisconsin and 
has never been winterkilled anywhere 
to my knowledge. The canes are 
stout, stocky growers, branch naturally 
like a tree and never attain a height 
much over three feet. When in fruit 
the canes are literally loaded with 
berries and they continue to fruit from 
July to well into September. The 
berries are very large, not long like 
the Cuthbert, but broad and flat like 
black caps. I have found them an inch 
in diameter. The color is deep red. 
The flavor is superior, not like Cuth¬ 
bert, but distinct. The flesh is not so 
firm as Cuthbert and this variety is 
not adapted for distant shipping. It 
is distinctively the one variety to grow, 
where hardiness is essential, for home 
use and near market. Six for $1.00; 
12, $1.75; 25, $3.00; aOO, $10.00; 1,000, 
$75.00. 
Marlboro. - The standard extra early 
red raspberry. Produces a good crop 
of fine colored, firm berries, very early 
in the season. Twenty-five for 50c; 
100, $1.50; 1,000, $10.00. 
Second Cropper and St. Regis—Six 
for 50c: 12, 75c: 25, $1.00; 100, $3.00. 
Loudon, Ruby, King, Miller.—Twen¬ 
ty-five for 50c; 100, $1.50; 1,000, $10.00. 
Herbert and Eaton—Six for 50c; 12. 
75c; 25, $1.00; 100, $3.00. 
Blackt erries 
Well grown blackberries are in great demand, since the supply of wild 
ones has been cut off by the clearing up of old slashes and cut-over timber 
lots, that used to furnish such great quantities. We find the demand for this 
fruit to be increasing every year. 
Blackberries require a little more room than raspberries but otherwise 
should be given about the same care. They do best on well drained soils where 
water does not stand long after a rain. Mark the rows about 7 to 8 feet 
apart and set the plants from 1 to 3 feet apart in the row. Keep clean and free 
from weeds and treat all suckers that come up between the rows as weeds. 
Do not run the cultivator too deep, as it tends to disturb the roots and causes 
more suckers to spring up. Nip the canes same as raspberries. When the 
rows encroach on the paths, you can cut off the surplus canes with a scythe. 
Keep the cultivator running shallow early in the season and mulch with straw 
or marsh hay up under the bushes where the cultivator cannot reach. 
