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thing that was green would kill the vines. lie set the first bed of 

 Crescents three years ago; a year ago he set about half an acre. 

 They grew well, but injured in the winter about the same as the 

 "Wilson. Last year's crop was a very fair one ; thought it beat the 

 Wilson in yield ; the berry was rather soft, but stood shipping about 

 thirty miles very well. Last season the vines made a wonderful 

 growth. They were injured by the winter a good deal, but not as 

 much as other varieties, and seemed to fully recover from the injury, 

 and bore a large amount of fruit. The first picking was a fair one, 

 and moderately hard ; the second was much softer, and the third, 

 fourth, etc., were so soft they could do nothing with them, and he 

 plowed the vines, fruit and all, under. They were so soft that 

 he could not use them in the home market even. lie could not 

 recommend it for cultivation. As near as he could judge, the 

 best eighth of an acre yielded at the rate of nine thousand quarts 

 to the acre. He set a few Sharpless a year ago. They did not 

 grow as well as the Wilson, and were more injured by the winter 

 than any other kind he had ; nearly every plant was killed. 



Mr. Huntley, of Appleton, did not know what caused the 

 winter killing of the vines generally. Part of his beds he 

 covered with bergasse, and on digging through the covering 

 in the winter he found the plants standing in an inch or so of 

 ice. The old shoots were killed much more easily than the young 

 runners. The Crescent did very well with him, but it was not as 

 much of a lazy man's berry as it had been recommended to be, 

 for it would not keep out all the weeds, clover and grass. His 

 Ancient Briton blackberries were loaded with fruit, but were 

 troubled with rust He threw bergasse on them for a winter 

 covering, bending the tops over some. 



Mr, Plumb thought that nature indicated the best way to 

 propagate raspberries — by the tips; for where we find the tips 

 rooted, it is at the extreme point. They do not root as readily 

 where the cane is bent down and the end covered, leaving a part 

 of the tip out, exposed to the air. 



Blight. — Mr. Pefler said he had noticed a difference in the 

 first attack of blight the present season. It commenced in the 

 spring when the trees were in bloom, and was seen first in the 



