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alone, the Columbian, gave more than three times this yield of late 
fruit. Like the red berries the purple berries, as a class, ripen a 
considerable amount of their crop after the black raspberries, as 
class, have done fruiting for the season. In order that the late 
yield of the purple berries may be compared with that of the 
red raspberries as shown in table [X they are ranked in the fol- 
lowing table according to their yield after July 24: 
Taste VIII. —Latre Purrpite Raspperrizs RANKED ACCORDING TO 
YIELD AFTER JuLy 20, 1893, 


NAME. Per aR aE after peal Lea after 
CORSE 6 eR A eS de a Re a 4] | *920 
ETAL elie Me ey, mie Malle ete e 29 122 
PEILO Ma yi ihass SCR orto ee cee eae 19 100 
CS LUTEL NEES 0 SSPE Oe Ae 35 52 
PAPI TE po are eh ce aetna 14 21 


The purple berries in more than one instance fall below red 
varieties in the per cent of the crop ripened late in the season, 
yet, on account of greater productiveness, Columbian and Car- 
dinal give a larger yield of late fruit than does any of the red 
berries and Shaffer is exceeded in this particular by but one of 
the red berries. 
Rep RaAspsBERRIES. 
_ Rubus Strigosus, Mx. ‘‘ Wild red raspberry.— Thickets and hills, Labrador 
to New Jersey and South in the mountains to North Carolina, West to Minne- 
sota and Missouri.” Gray. 
Rubus Ideus, L. ‘‘ Cultivated from Europe for the fruit, beset with 
straight, slender prickles or many of them mere bristles ; leaves thicker and 
_ fruit firmer than in Strigosus; fruit red or yellowish.” Gray. 
Clarke. A well known old variety and one of the most pro- 
ductive tested at this station. It is not a favorite with market 
growers. It is one of the /dwus type having upright, tall, prickly 
canes and thick, wrinkled leaves. It spreads readily and widely 
* See note, Table VI. 
