. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page Ten BETTER FRUIT Fine Record With Raspberries By W. S. Thornber Clarkston, Washington summer of 1912 the dard it established at the start, and contin- DURING the writer made a careful study of the possibilities of the; commercial culture o*' small fruit in the Lewiston-Clarkston fruit district, and especially investigated the growing and marketing of the red rasp- berry. At that time there were no planta- tions large enough to be considered com- mercial and there was practically no market for the small surplus of the home gardens. As a result, the situation
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Page Ten BETTER FRUIT Fine Record With Raspberries By W. S. Thornber Clarkston, Washington summer of 1912 the dard it established at the start, and contin- DURING the writer made a careful study of the possibilities of the; commercial culture o*' small fruit in the Lewiston-Clarkston fruit district, and especially investigated the growing and marketing of the red rasp- berry. At that time there were no planta- tions large enough to be considered com- mercial and there was practically no market for the small surplus of the home gardens. As a result, the situation appeared anything but attractive. Two or three factors, however, were ap- parent. First, only a mass of many varieties were grown and no one seemed to know what wjs best adapted to the district. Second, the Puyallup, Sumner, Monroe, Snohomish and other coast districts were marketing at a profit large quantities of small fruit, and there was only one con- clusion possible. Why, should not this district grow and market berries in the surrounding country? As a result of the study the writer over 30 varieties of the best and most promising red raspberries then in cultivation, and proceeded to study their behavior and habits for three years. On i ,.-.„^J ijom tne farm and the necessity of depending almost entirely r-^-^" h'-'-^ h"'D it was very difficult to secure accurate results on all of the varieties grown. Nevertheless, it was soon apparent that only two or three varieties were at all promising, and none of these showed sufficient promise to make it advis- able to plant extensively. About this time there appeared a new and strange raspberry plant in our patch. It soon surpassed all other varieties in vigoi, freedom from sunburn, hardiness and bear- ing possibilities, and when it fruited we re- alized it had surpassed its neighbors in size of berry, richness of flavor, and produc- tivity. What more could we ask in one variety? In 1916 we made our first pa
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