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mine for the last 15 years. He gets about as many crops from it as any 

 other variety. When it is not winter killed, it is certainly a fine berry. 

 It seems to me if there could be a way to keep them through the winter, 

 we would have a good sort of berry. 



Mr. Barnes. — I would like to know if any one has tried the New 

 Cadinal. It is a red, berry and has the characteristics of a black rasp- 

 'berry. I wonder if any one has tried them? If so, did it prove hardy? 



Judge Miller. — Yes, sir; I tried them. I had only a few, but they 

 ;got through the winter very well. 



Mr. Irwin. — It has been tried out in Kansas. Mr. Dixon says it 

 is a fine berry. He says he found an excellent" market for them. He 

 thinks it is a good berry. Some object to the color, but he says he likes it. 



Mr. Atwood of Springfield, Mo. — One of our large growers says 

 lie prefers the Doolittle. I would like to know if any one else has had 

 any experience with the DooHttle. 



THE BLACKBERRY AND DEWBERRY. 



(M. L. Bonham, Clinton.) 



Although I have grown blackberries for fruit and plants for many 

 A-ears, my zeal has nbt been such as to cause me to experiment with 

 many sorts, but have contented myself to take the experience of others 

 and to profit by what I have learned through them. I find that for the 

 locality in which I live (Clinton, Mo.) the' Early Harvest for an early 

 sort and the Snyder for a Tate kind are the best — everything being con- 

 sidered — although the Erie is very fine and comes near being equal to 

 the Snyder. The Kittatinny is one of the finest fruits of any I have 

 tried, but it is so subject to rust that it does not usually pay to plant it. 

 The Early King is a little larger than the Early Harvest, but lacks in 

 productiveness, has very long sharp spines and is more liable to rust, 

 so I don't think it pays to grow it where the Early Harvest does well. 

 The Early Harvest has such small seeds that it is often called the seed- 

 less blackberry. I have tried several other sorts with poor success, but 

 am now trying the new white berry called Iceland, and find it very 

 iine, for a novelty at least. I have grown it two years and so far is per- 

 fectly hardy and healthy. It seems to be of the Early Harvest type, is 

 very productive and has not shown any signs of rust. The berry is 

 about the size of the Snyder, of a transparent creamy white color and 

 of a very peculiar, pleasant flavor. I am also trying the highly recom- 



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