336 K-EPOKT OF THE ASSISTANT HORTICULTURIST OF THE 
the weight of 100 berries of each variety, with a few exceptions, are 
given in the following table : 
RASPBERRY. 
Brandywine 
Caroline 
Carpenter's Seedling 
Crimson Beauty 
Cuthbert 
Erie 
Gregg 
Hansell 
Johnson's Sweet 
Lost Rubies 
Mammoth Cluster . . 
Marlboro 
Meredith Queen 
Miller's Woodland . . 
Montclair 
Nemaha 
Ohio 
Orange 
Philadelphia 
Beder 
Schaffer 
Souhegan 
Superb 
Turner 
Wliite Seedling 
First 
bloom. 
June 6 
May 21 
June 1 
" 7 
" 6 
" 3 
May 31 
" 25 
" 31 
June 6 
" 1 
" 3 
" 15 
" 3 
2 
May 31 
" 30 
June 1 
2 
" 4 
" 11 
May 30 
June 4 
" 3 
May 30 
First ripe 
fruit. 
July 12 
June 29 
July 4 
6 
" 12 
" 2 
9 
June 27 
July 5 
" 11 
6 
5 
" 16 
" 4 
June 30 
July 6 
" 6 
June 30 
July 6 
" 4 
" 9 
" 5 
" 6 
" 4 
June 30 
Last ripe 
fruit. 
" 12 
1 
" 1 
Aug. 12 
July 25 
" 27 
" 23 
Aug. 1 
July 25 
Aug. 6 
I 
" 6 
" 3 
July 22 
" 23 
" 30 
" 27 
" 31 
Aug. 13 
July 23 
Aug. 3 
July 27 
" 25 
Nearly all the plants of the following varieties were destroyed by 
winter-killing or otherwise: Johnson's Sweet, Mammoth Cluster, 
Nemaha, Schaffer, Souhegan. 
The Hansell ripened the first berries; Meredith Queen was the last 
to ripen; the Caroline remained in bearing the longest. 
Meredith Queen. — Berries medium size, pale red color, very soft, 
poor flavor; suckers badly, canes rather weak, not productive. 
Erie. — Berries medium size, dark purple, resembles the Philadelphia 
in color; flesh soft, good flavor; canes strong and vigorous; very pro- 
ductive, belongs to the ever-bearing class; blossoms and ripe fruit are 
upon the canes at the present date (October 25). 
Carpenter's Seedling. — Closely resembles Beebe's Golden, early, 
vigorous grower, does not appear to be of any value. 
