plants grew up in remarkably long
canes, but not knowing how to head them back they would often topple
over during a heavy storm. This added another valuable lesson to my
increasing experience, which resulted in my pinching of the new canes as
soon as they had attained a height of from three to four feet. This made
the plants more stocky and more able to support their load of berries
without the aid of wire or stakes.

Next came the Marlboro, plants of which sold at as much as a dollar
apiece in the east. I then set out a bed of Marlboro, which proved to be
even better than the Cuthbert, previously mentioned. They could be
picked while still quite light in color, thus reaching the market while
still firm and not over-ripe. There was only one possible drawback, and
that was the fact that I had planted them on a southern exposure, while
they were more adapted to a colder or northern exposure. This variety on
a new field, as it was, practically bore itself to death.

About this time, there originated in Wisconsin a berry known as the
Loudon. A committee of nurserymen having gone to see this variety
returned with the report that the half had not been told concerning this
great berry. Wanting to keep up with the times, I decided to plant some
of this variety in the spring. The yield from these plants was immense,
and the berries large, but unlike the Marlboro already mentioned they
could not be picked until very dark and real ripe. This variety was more
subject to anthracnose than any I had seen, and served to give me a
thorough understanding of the various raspberry diseases, which I had
heretofore blamed to the drouth. The leaves would dry up and the berries
become small and crumbly when affected by anthracnose. It might be said
of this variety as regards public favor, that it went up like a rocket
and came down equally fast.

I next tried the Thompson Early as an experiment, but this variety
proved a failure, or at least a disappointment. These berries ripened
very slowly, just a few at a time, and did not compare favorably with
either the Marlboro or the Loudon.

A party close by had at this time planted out a large field of a variety
of raspberry which I had not seen before. These plants produced a large
berry, more like a blackberry in appearance. Having by this time had
experience with so many kinds of raspberries, I examined this new
variety carefully, and all in all decided that this was the coming
berry. Here,