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become one of the best large fruited varieties. The- fruits are 
very large, jet black, with very slight bloom. 
Parry No.1. This is an early red raspberry of rank growth 
and very dark foliage ; fairly productive, soft, but good flavor. 
Parry's No, 2. - Later than the above by a few days, but a more 
abundant bearer ; not as rank a grower; new canes have a red- 
dish tinge and light green foliage. The berry is of large size, 
firm and of a distinct flavor. We think this will prove a valuable 
acquisition, as fruit has been picked from it for a season of forty 
days. 
Quinby’s Favorite. This variety resembles Cuthburt in growth 
of canes, with the exception of being practically thornless. The 
fruits are very large, deep red and very firm, but the firmness 
does not detract from the juiciness or flavor, which resembles 
Cuthburt in a marked degree. 
Stayman’s No. 5. A very rank growing variety, throwing up 
a large stool of canes ; foliage light green; fruit large, dark red, 
firm, good flavor. One of the most productive varieties tested. 
The earliest blackcap was the Carman, th® latest the Ada. 
The most productive the Hilborn, with Smith’s Prolific next. 
Of the red varieties, the earliest were Clark and Thompson’s 
Early Pride; the latest, Parry’s No. 2, and Miller’s Woodland. 
The most productive, Cuthburt, Muskingum, Shaffers, Clark, 
Thompson’s Early Pride, Stayman’s No. 5, Pomona and Genesee, 
in the order named. 
The Caroline, an extremely hardy yellow variety, yielded more 
than any of the other varieties this year, and the Golden Queen, | 
a Yellow Cuthburt, gave also a large yield. Both of these varie- 
ties are of superb flavor but soft and easily damaged because of 
their color. However, they should be in every private collection. 
The Shaffer is probably grown more extensively through sections 
where canning factories have been established than any other . 
variety, as itis of a color that suits, and the yield is very large, 
“growers being able to sell far below the price of the red varie- 
ties, and realize a handsome profit. One grower near Geneva 
picked this season from 2,550 bushes set three by eight feet (less 
than one and one-half acres) 6,839 quarts, selling at five cents per 
quart, thus realizing about $340. These bushes are now in full ~ 
