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l i.   TRIALS OF BLACK AND PURPLE the plants very productive, In several
{ RASPBERRIES AT THE KEN- respects it appears superior to Colum-
TUCKY EXPERIMENT bian which is the commonly grown
STATION, LEXINGTON pnrplecane variety. ·
C_ S_ w_ii_rM_tN' 4. Po*roitAc.——'I‘his variety yielded
7 _ _ _ _ _ exceptionally well this year and the
L’"U°"-my of Il€"t"C’*y fruits were of good size and high qual-
. The interest in new varieties of l[Y· Tll9 l>l€klllt< 501150ll Oxwllilcil
` fruit and their importance in improv- longer than some of the other kinds.
i ing the fruit industry makes variety H.inr1-:s·rtxu Rrzcoiuns. —— Harvesting
testing an important part of Experi· started on June G, on all varieties.
ment Station work. Below we report The Bristol and Dundee were finished
the behavior of some new black and on June 17, while the harvest of the
_ purple raspberries. Potomac anti Sodus Purple were fin·
'  » 1_ DUNm,;r;_-TiiiS variety is one ot ished on June 24. 'I‘he yields on plots ne
. the more reeent introductions trorn ot` fifty plants each follow; Bristol, 22 bu
» the New York Fruit Testing Associu. pints; Dundee, 56 pints; Potomac, 72 t
` tion_ The plants ere yigorous nnd pro. pints; and Sodus Purple, 159 pints. lt fd
ductive and are Said to be nioderutely can be seen that the Sodus variety wz
» ; resistant to mosaic. However our save il Yield fill l¥"°*'i°r {hull ml? cx
planting is too young to have proved other variety tested. nt
or disproved this statement. The ber- _,_,.__ bl,
‘ ries are large, of a bright, glossy color _
and high in quality. The fruits are NOTICE OF NURSERY lNSl‘l·]("l`l<)X ill
not as firm as some other black OF STl{A\\'BlCRR\' l·`ll·}l,DS fc
Val`l€U€S· \\'ord has just been received from I1;.
2. BRIS'1`llL.·—ThiS variety appears Mr. Howard Tilson, State Nursery ln- iii
promising from the results secured spector, to the effect that he plans to til
this year. The canes are vigorous and start strawberry patch inspection
. fairly productive and the fruits large, about September 20. This inspection lll
__ firm and of high quality. is only for those growers who desire in
  3_ S0nUS__ThiS is n new nnrnte_ to sell certified strawberry plants te
  cane variety originated at ine New under the Kentucky Nursery lnspec- [
York Experiment Station In vigor it tion law. The law provides for a $5.0o p‘
hee exeeiied eil other varieties Qrnion fee for certification of the fields that
.. » t We have grown. It originated as A DHSS 1¤SD€ot1on. ee
V f § cross between the black variety, Dun- Only those growers desiring to cer- ct
· —`-— Lg dee, and the red variety, Newburg. It tify their fields for the purpose of Ot
1     ripened later than our black varieties selling plants should apply for inspec· 1
; 2 and the fruits were superior in size. tion. The grower’s request for inspec- ll
— ·   ; The berries are medium purple in tion should he sent to his county agent OI
  { ri color, fairly acid, high in quality and as soon as possible. te
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