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had a fine season at strawberry time, bat the blossoms blighted. The 

 Beder Wood is a good fertilizer. 



B. F. Smith — I find it one of the best. It blooms a little earlier 

 than the Captain Jack. The fruit is very fine — a little soft. We could 

 ship it 200 miles. The Robinson is a good pollenizer. It looks like 

 Crescent, same size, firmer, and extends the season a week later. 



J. T. Russell — I think berries are firmer on moderately fertile 

 land than on very rich land. Ashes and ground bone make firmer ber- 

 ries than stable manure. Nitrogen makes berries soft, though it may 

 increase their size. My observation is that rain makes berries soft. 

 The Parker Earl is a very productive berry, but it will not mature its 

 crop. I don't plant it largely. We have plenty of larger, stronger 

 berries that wi'l mature their fruit better than it will. Medium size, 

 firm berries are better for shipping than very large berries. 



We have a man at Carthage who sprayed his raspberries for 

 anthracnose. His canes are all nice where sprayed. Where not sprayed 

 they were covered with it. All the other raspberries in that country 

 are in the same fix. He does not use Bordeaux mixture, but I can't 

 give his formula. Anthracnose shows in brown spots upon the new 

 canes, and in the winter the canes die. 



Mr. Neff — Partial shade has been a perfect remedy with me. 



B. F. Smith — We have the best canes this year I have ever seen. 

 The Kansas is a fine berry ; it ripens its crop in two or three days ; 

 it is soft. Progress is away ahead of Souhegan ; it Is earlier, and 

 brought four dollars per case of 24 quarts in the market. The Kansaa 

 is a fine grower and good for home market. 



Experience with Anthracnose. 



By G. P. Turner, Meadville, Mo. 



The true horticulturist, one who is in business not merely for the 

 money that is to be made out of it, is an ardent lover of nature. Any 

 one can admire a well-developed tree, plant or vine laden with luscious 

 fruit, but the horticulturist is a close observer, and sees in nature many 

 things that call forth the profoundest admiration, that to the' casual ob- 

 server would be passed by unnoticed. The horticulturist who is in har- 

 mony with his calling sees beauty not only in the delicately tinted flower 

 and richly painted fruit, but his soul goes in wonder and admiration as 

 he watches the workings of nature through all the stages of growth — 

 from the bursting forth of the embryonic tree from the seed, to the 

 mature specimen bending with rosy fruit, to please the eye and tickle 



