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every other year, it would still be among the most profitable of small 

 fruits. Still, I have no doubt there are locations where the Kittatinny 

 will not succeed. It wants a light soil — a high, dry soil, without manure, 

 and to be thoroughly cut back during the season, but never cut an inch 

 after the leaves fall. 



There are other blackberries that are perfectly hardy. Needham's 

 White is perfectly hardy on the soils where I have it, yet it is not worthy 

 of cultivation, only for amateurs. The suckers of the Kittatinny must be 

 treated as weeds, while young. 



RASPBERRIES. 



Mr. McAi'EE — The tree cricket is playing havoc with the raspberry 

 in our section of the country. It is boring the canes from one end to the 

 other, and filling them up with eggs. It is boring them three times as 

 much as ever it did before. 



Mr. Wier — I wish to say a word about the Philadelphia berry. I 

 think I have proved that there are two varieties — one very desirable, and 

 one very undesirable ; but I do not know that I could exi)lain it so that 

 members would understand the difference, nor do I know where they 

 would get the plants, to a certainty. The more desirable variety is a much 

 stronger plant than the other, and much more productive, and hardier. 

 My impression is, that there are just about half of each all over the coun- 

 try, and that is the reason it has been considered worthless by many, and 

 thought so highly of by others. 



Mr. Galusha — It was explained last winter, but I think it will bear 

 repeating ; for I regard the Philadelphia to be at the head of the list, for 

 profit. The spurious variety has smaller and rounder berries, and the 

 seeds are larger, and separate so easily that they fall to pieces in picking. 

 So you may know them by that. The genuine Philadelphia is quite firm. 

 I discovered the difference the very first year mine bore, and I commenced 

 exterminating these spurious bu.shes. My plants were procured from J. H. 

 Stewart, of Quincy — the first he ever sold, perhaps. I found, even this 

 year, some of the spurious ones left, but very few. You should, in picking, 

 watch your berries closely, and if you find any bushes bearing these spurious 

 ones, root them out and kill them. I regard the Philadelphia as the most 

 profitable variety I have ever grown. 



Mr. Scofield — Are the canes of both the same in color ? 



Mr. Galusha — I have not noticed any difference ; the habits of 

 growth are the same ; the rough and large foliage the same. 



