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people called Portuguese, and the women folks picked them for me at two 

 cents per quart in the beginning, and the price advances after the best of 

 the picking is done. I pay them so that they can get good wages, and I 

 have paid them as much as ten cents. I have those of all ages at work — 

 from old women with spectacles down to little girls ; they average about 

 seventy-five cents to one dollar a day by picking. 



Mr. Bourland — I have one patch of it, and had to dig up and 

 throw away the bushes, but I suppose it was from the unfortunate position 

 of my patch. I do not like to throw cold water upon ^.nat other people 

 praise, but I have found it to be a poor bearer, and not hardy in our situ- 

 ation ; and to be so enormously productive of suckers as to be a nuisance 

 to the ground. That is in Peoria. The Philadelphia I have found very 

 satisfactory. My opinion is that mine is the genuine variety ; I got it 

 from a neighbor, and I think he got it from Mr. Baldwin. 



There is a berry discovered in our neighborhood, and cultivated by 

 Mr. Littlefield with great success, which I consider superior to the Doo- 

 little or Mammoth Cluster, both in size and quality ; it is unquestionably 

 a distinct variety. 



Mr. Scofield — Is the Turner hardy in the northern part of the 

 State ? 



Mr. Nelson — It is so in Will county, where I live. 



Mr. Scofield — As far as I am concerned, I am satisfied with the 

 Philadelphia. I have found it hardy, very productive, and not much 

 given to sprouting. 



Mr. Galusha — I would like to call attention to the Clark raspberry, 

 for the reason that it is still advertised as a superior berry, and immensely 

 productive. I had an acre of plants of this variety three or four years, 

 and found it as " productive" of suckers as the Turner, but not produc- 

 tive of berries in any remunerating degree. The berry is very sweet and 

 rich, but with a peculiar aroma, that is disagreeable to almost every one, 

 after eating a few of them ; and it is too soft to carry to market in good 

 condition. I have plowed up my plants, and put McCormick and Phila- 

 delphia upon the ground. I wish to throw out a thought here in regard 

 to these very rich berries. I find that in my own family, and those of 

 my friends, that the richest berries do not, as a general rule, prove the 

 most satisfactory, for the reason that a very few satisfy the appetite, espe- 

 cially if having an unpleasant aroma ; whereas the human system requires 

 a considerable amount'of fruits, and those, too, having some acidity, so 

 that in the long run those varieties that have a pleasant, brisk flavor — not 

 too rich, and with some acidity — give the best satisfaction. 



