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medium to large, moderately juicy, nearly sweet, very good 
flavor, good quality. Ranks fifteenth in productiveness for 1893. 
Wachusett. Canes moderately stout, purplish red when 
mature; prickles very few and small. fruit small, very good 
flavor, juicy, sweet, good quality. Ranks eleventh in produc- 
tiveness for 1893. 
Wilson’s Early. Originated about forty years ago in 
Burlington county, N. J. It is not quite hardy here. Canes 
moderately vigorous, low, arching, having red bark when mature 
and numerous small prickles. As grown here many of its fruits 
are imperfectly filled and the berries vary from small to large. 
The fruit is composed of large grains and is juicy, sweet and of 
good quality. Ranks nineteenth in productiveness for 1893. In 
some seasons it has been much more productive here than in 1893. 
Wilson Junior. Originated by William Parry, Parry, N. J., 
in 1875, from selected seed of Wilson’s Early, which it much 
resembles. Fifty per cent of its canes were winter killed last 
winter while not more than fifteen per cent of the canes of 
Wilson’s Early were injured. Canes much like those of Wilson’s 
Early, but with less red color in the bark. Berries medium to 
very large, with large grains; sometimes imperfect and with hard 
core. Fruit very juicy, very good in flavor and quality. Ranks 
seventeenth in productiveneas for 1893. 
The following is a list of varieties recently received. None of 
them has fruited here: 
BLACKBERRIES RECENTLY PLANTED AT THIS STATION. 
Black Chief, from I. H. Haynes, Delphi, Ind., 1893. 
Early King, from Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y., 1892. 
Early Mammoth, from Cleveland Nursery Oo., Rio Vista, Vaz, 
1892. See also Early Mammoth, page 627. 
Ford’s No. 1, from Frank Ford & Son, Ravenna, O., 1892. 
Fruitland, from W. N. Scarff, New Carlisle, O., 1892. 
Mersereau’s Seedling, from J. M. Mersereau, Cayuga, N. Y., 
1893. 
Ohmer, from N. H. Albaugh, Hepner. O., 1892. 
Oregon Evergreen, from Samuel Wilson, “Meotanieeeies Pa., 
1893. See Evergreen, page 628. 
Reyner, from 8. R. Alexander, Bellefontaine, O., 1892. 
