634 - Report or THE HortTicuLTURIST OF THE 
The most productive blackberry at this station in 1893 was 
Dorchester, an old variety which is esteemed in some localities for 
its productiveness and for the good quality of its fruit. Ancient 
Britton, which for 1893 ranks second, yields medium size fruits of 
excellent quality. Early Harvest has also made a good 
record here except that it is sometimes injured by winter. 
Agawam, fourth in productiveness for 1893, succeeds well on this 
soil and is considered one of the most valuable varieties thus far 
tested at this station. Snyder has usually done well here but 
this season, for some unknown reason, it has been quite 
unsatisfactory. 

VARIETY TESTS OF DEWBERRIES. 
The dewberries grown at this station are given no winter pro- 
tection. The canes lie prostrate on the ground where they are 
partially covered by snow. With this treatment from twenty- 
five to thirty per cent of the Bartel.and Mammoth canes were 
winter killed last winter, and Lucretia lost about one-fourth of 
its bearing wood from the same cause. The fruit of the Bartel 
and Mammoth as grown here are very similar and the general 
habit of growth is much the same. Their fruiting season is 
somewhat shorter than that of Lucretia, and in quality they are 
inferior to that variety. The following table shows the yield of 
these three varieties in 1893: 
Taste I]-— Yrerp or Dewserrrizs, 1893. 




arr be NAME. eis In marketable condition. 
1893. Ounces. 
ee 1888-\  Dartelac ei. cnteisse-Soc0- 72 | July 19 to 31. 
Beas 1888 | Lucretiati.. -nkss... 112 | July 19 to August 4. 
Bearers. 1888 | Mammoth y) 3c/5.5..\. 75 | July 19 to 27. 


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Comparing this table with table 1, it is seen that the dewber- 
ries are in marketable condition about ten days before black- 
berries ripen to any extent. Their fruit is very juicy and 
refreshing, but inferior in flavor and quality to that of the 
blackberries. 
