The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-07-15

is an ola CHERRY anu CAME over lTOIU
France It's name would indicate its
place of birth, and it is queen as its
name implies. 1t is large and meaty,
mildly sub acid but not sour, and is
good to eat out of the hand 1t is
much larger than the Dukes, is equal
ly good anu, think, somewhat sweet
err. 1t ought to be grown extensively.
One of the best raspberries it was
ever my lot to taste was handed to me
by my friend, J. D. Moody, who has
charge of the Snohomish county ex
hibit at the Lewis and Clark fair.
These berries were sent in by the
Snohomish Berry and Fruit Farm, Of
which my friend j. F. Littooy, is man
ager. The berries were packed in
peculiar manner. In the first place
none of the berries were pulled off but
the stem was clipped off about half
inch from the berry. This was done to
keep the berries in shape and it sue
ceeded very we'll. This would do for
exhibition purposes, put would be too
expensive an operation for commercial
purposes. So far as | could determine
the berries were as solid as the Cuth-
bert, which they resembled to some ex-
tent. Then the berries were packed
in cotton batting and as result were
not bruised in the least. The sample
of berries I had were nearly an inch
long. I took the box given me out
to luncheon and, being furnished with
sugar and cream by my landlady, l
had a real feast. These berries are
quite as sweet as the Cuthbert-per-
haps somewhat sweeter. AS a berry
to eat with sugar and cream I do not
think have ever seen their equal and
am an old berry raiser. The rasp-
berry at one time in my life was a fad
with me- I tried almost all kinds to
be had at that time and wrote about
them to quite an extent. On the crate
containing these raspDerries | found
written with pencil "Superlative
Raspberry" take it this is the name
of the raspberry, although this may
have been written there to indicate
the superlative excellence of the fruit.
In either case the term "superlative" is
not inappropriate.
One thing is very evident to me and
that is that Snohomish county, Wash,
is exceedingly we'll adapted to rasp-
berry raising. And this need not be
limited to raspberries, for the biggest
strawberries exhibited at the fair so
far as l know, came from that county.
| doubt not but blackberries will do as
we'll there in that rich soil as anywhere
on Puget Sound and this is saying
good deal for any place. The horticul-
turists of Puget Sound can excel in
berry culture. We who have ranches
east of the Cascade mountains may get
berries in earlier, especially is this
true of the Kennewick country, but the
Sound country can excel us in quantity
and in some cases in quality.
Speaking of raspberries reminds me
that Puyallup "did herself proud" on
July 1, which was Tacoma day at the
fair Near our booth the Puyallup
people erected a temporary stand and
gave away some fifteen or twenty
crates of raspberries. These berries
were put up in small boxes containing
about one-third as much as the com.
mon raspberry box and this little box
had some statement on each side tell.
ing of the excellencies of the Puyal-
lup valley. Every one who applied got
opo of thaca little hOxoS To saw that