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RASPBERRY. 
Beebe’s Golden Miller’s Woodland 
Brandywine Montclair 
Brinkle’s Orange Nemaha 
Caroline Ohio 
Crimson Beauty Philadelphia 
Cuthbert Reder 
Gregg Schaffer’s Colossal 
Hansell Souhegan 
Lost Rubies Superb 
Mammoth Cluster Turner 
Marlboro 

Also, in autumn of 1885: three plants Key’s Prolific, and four 
plants Silver Queen, from R. Johnson, Shortsville, N. Y. 
BLACKBERRY. 
Agawam Stone’s Hardy 
Crystal White Taylor’s Prolific 
Karly Cluster Wilson’s Early 
Early Harvest Wilson, Jr. 
Stayman’s Early 
DEWBERRY, 
Bartell’s Mammoth 
Notes on Grapes. 
Six of the grape vines set out in the spring of 1883, bore a small 
crop of fruit the past season. The first fruits of Moore’s Karly were 
fully ripe on Sept. 13, those of Monroe Sept. 17, of Senasque, Am- 
ber Queen and Burnet, Sept. 19, and of Lady Washington on Oct. 
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Of the varieties set in 1883, the foliage of Burnet suffered most 
from mildew, that of Monroe and Marvin’s Centennial suffered con- 
siderably. and that of Iona, Amber Queen and Vergennes, was 
slightly affected. That of Francis B. Hayes, Lady Washington, 
Moore’s Early, Senasque, Duchess and J efferson, showed little or no 
mildew. 
None of the grapes were affected with rot. 
The wood of Senasque and Duchess was much injured during the 
winter of 1884-5, and that of Moore’s Early and Jefferson suffered 
slightly. ‘The latter was in a more exposed position than the other 
varieties. None of the vines received any protection. 
We made the experiment of inclosing the clusters in paper bags 
before the flowers opened, in order to see whether the grape will 
produce fruit as well when self-fertilized, as when it has opportunity 
for cross-fertilization. We found that the bunches thus inclosed. 
were quite as well formed as those not inclosed, and the berries were 
fully as large, and contained as many seeds. The variety tested was 
the Concord. 
We desired to secure crosses between the Wild grapes Vitis labrus- 
ca, V. cordifolia, V. riparia, and V. aestivalis, and the Concord and 
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