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early in the season, but were an entire failure. Gooseberries and strawberries were as 

 bad. 



Following will be found the results in detail of different varieties of small fruits 

 bearing fruit in 1894. 



RED CURRANTS. 



Fay's Prolific. — Set a good crop of fruit which ripened fairly well. 



Raby Castle. — Produced a heavy crop of fruit, which was very much dried up by 

 hot weather. 



Red Dutch. — Set a very heavy crop of fruit which was badly damaged by dry 

 weather. 



Red Victoria. — A heavy crop of fruit, badly injured by drouth. 



WHITE CURRANTS. 



White Grape. — A very heavy crop of fruit which withstood the drouth much better 

 than the Red varieties. 



White Dutch. — Heavy yield. Slightly hurt by drouth. 



BLACK CURRANTS. 



Black Naples. — Heavy crop of fruit. Fruit small and did not ripen evenly. 

 Lee's Prolific. — Heavy crop. Fruit fair quality, although considerably injured by 

 dry weather. 



Climax. — A good crop. Fruit small. Ripened unevenly. 

 Charmer. — A good crop. Fruit small. Ripened unevenly. 

 Beauty. — A good crop. Fruit small. Ripened unevenly. 

 Dominion. — A good crop. Fruit fair size. 



PROSPECTS OP A CURRANT CROP IN 1895. 



The Red and White varieties of Currants are not in a thrifty condition and do not 

 promise well for a crop next year. The greater part of the leaves fell off in mid- 

 summer and the fruit buds are small and parched looking. 



The Black sorts have a good stock of healthy young wood and the indications at 

 present are in favor of a good crop for 1895. 



RASPBERRIES. 



Covered with earth during winter ; uncovered on May 9. 



Turner — Came out in splendid condition, blossomed and formed fruit well, but dry 

 weather caused leaves to blight and fall off, and no fruit ripened. 



Philadelphia — Came out in fair order, but went in same way as Turner. 



Cuthbert, Hansell, Caroline and Golden Queen were badly winter-killed and came 

 from the winter covering in poor condition, and being less able to stand the dry, hot 

 spell, no fruit whatever set. 



All the varieties have made a good growth from the roots but the canes are not as 

 strong as they usually are at this season of the year. 



GOOSEBERRIES. 



Like all other small fruit, gooseberries were a light crop the past season. The tops 

 of the bushes were cut back considerably and the bushes started out in very poor shape. 

 Dry weather made what little fruit there was, very small. 



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