The everbearing variety is known as No. 1017.  It is a large, round berry, dark red color, and is of the best quality.  This variety is strong and vigorous and a good plant-maker when blossoms are picked off early in the season.  It is also very productive.  The blossoms and berries on a number of plants were counted in October, and we found all the way from 200 to 345 berries and blossoms on single plants.  This is, of course, a little more than the average, but it shows what it will do under ordinary conditions.  This variety has been growing next to Progressive, on the same soil, with the same cultivation, and I think that persons who have seen it this summer will agree with me that it is far ahead of Progressive in size and productiveness.  I will say right here, if you expect to have a good crop of fruit in the fall, keep the most of the runners off.  If you encourage them to make runners, or plants, you will have less fruit.

The raspberries sent out as Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, are all worthy of trial.  The No. 4 has fruited several years and gave the best showing so far.  The fruit resembles the Marlboro somewhat, but the color is darker.  It is not one of very high quality, but the size of the berry and its appearance will more then make up for this.  The canes and foliage are generally healthy and very hardy.  This variety will be planted very extensively just as soon as enough stock can be supplied to fruit growers.

The Burbank crossed with Wolf, hybrid plums.  There have been several of these sent out to trial stations, and as premiums to members of the Horticultural Society.  I will mention them in order as to size of fruit.  No. 5, 12, 4, and 6 will measure 1-3/4 inch in diameter.  Nos. 21, 10, 17, 9, and No. 1 are nearly as large.  The kinds which have given best all around satisfaction up to the present time, are Nos. 1, 6, 9, 10, 12, 17, 21 and 25.  One or two years more trial should give us an idea which ones will be worthy of general propagation.

There are also several varieties of Abundance and Wolf crosses which have fruited for several years.  The quality of the fruit of these hybrids is probably somewhat better than the Burbank and Wolf hybrids, but the fruit in most cases runs smaller.  No. 35 is probably one of the best; its fruit is about 1-1/2 inch in diameter, colors up all over before it is ripe, and will stand shipping a long distance, as they can be picked quite green and still are colored up all over.  There are several numbers equally, or nearly, as promising as No. 35.

Sand cherry X Satsuma plum No. 145 is in the same class as Sapa.  The color of the fruit is bluish black when ripe, the flesh purple, pit small and nearly freestone; fruit ripens first part of August.  This tree is a strong grower and makes a large tree.  We also have another plum, Compass cherry X Climax, about the only variety which fruited this year.  The color of the skin is almost blue when fully ripe; the meat is green and of a very pleasant flavor.  The pit is small and clingstone; size of fruit is about 1-1/2 inches in diameter.  The tree is a strong, upright grower.  This variety has been propagated this summer.  I will not try to describe any more as there are some 2,000 hybrid plums on the place and only a small per cent have fruited.