642 Report oF THE HorTICULTURIST OF THE 
Columbian. (Yrom Jos. T. Thompson, Oneida, N. ¥., 1891.) 
The most productive of all the raspberries fruited on the station 
grounds this year. Fruit large to very large, moderately juicy, 
moderately firm, nearly sweet, somewhat darker in color than 
Shaffer but sweeter and better flavored. So far as tested here 
its growth has been rather more vigorous and also somewhat 
more subject to injury by winter thanhas the Shaffer. It begins 
to ripen a little later than Shaffer and likewise continues to ripen — 
fruit after the fruiting season of Shaffer has closed. It was still 
ripening fruit Aug. 7 when the bushes were dug out to prepare a 
site fora new building. It gave the larger part of its yield - 
between July 18 and August 2, while Shaffer gave the greater 
part of its yield between July 16 and July 28. 
Muskingum. (F7om F. R. Palmer & Son, Mansfield, O. 
1889.) Fruit medium to large, soft, moderately juicy, somewhat 
acid in flavor, good quality. Canes vigorous, injured a little by 
the winter. On the whole, so far as tested here, it is not so desir- 
able as some other purple varieties. 
Shaffer, Shaffer's Colossal. A standard purple berry, much 
- esteemed for canning. [Fruit large, juicy, moderately firm, fair 
flavor, pleasant subacid. Plants vigorous and productive. 
Smith's Purple. (From B. F. Smith, Lawrence, Kan., 1891.) — 
Except that its fruit is purple this variety has all the character- 
istics of a black raspberry. Fruit medium size, good quality, with © 
. black raspberry flavor. Its productiveness can not be given this — 
season. ime 
All the varieties described above are propagated by tips. Two © 
of them, as noted below, are remarkable for their divergence - 
from the normal type in flavor. Addison, having the habit of — 
growth of the-black raspberry, has purple fruit with the flavor 
of the wild red raspberry, [ubus strigosus. Smith’s Purple in 
the character of its canes and foliage, as well as in the flavor of 
its fruit, is like the black raspberry. Its fruit is reddish purple 
in color. 3 . 
The following table shows the comparative yield of the 
purple raspberries which were in full bearing at this station 
in 1893. 
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