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horizontally, especially in a well kept fruit garden. I have one trained" 

 so as to form the initials of my name, F. L. To get trees for such a^ 

 purpose it is of the highest importance to get good healthy trees, or else 

 your labor will all be lost. 



The latter part of August, 1884, I had set out a experimental bed 

 with strawberries. The ground had been well fertilized with barnyard 

 manure. I have set out a short row of twenty-five plants each, of the 

 following sorts: Cumberland, J. Queen, Daisy Miller, Big Bob, Crys- 

 tal City, Old Iron Clad, C. Jack, Piper, Manchester, James Vick and 

 Ida. They were all set out the same day, and treated alike ever since. 

 I find the following to do the best here : Cumberland, J. Queen, Daisy 

 Miller,01d Iron Clad, C. Jack and James Vick. It would be hard for me 

 to tell which of them I liked best. Piper is a fine grower here and very- 

 hardy, and is going to furnish a good deal of fruit. Crystal City is 

 claimed to be the earliest. It did not come in earlier with me than C.- 

 Jack, Crescent and Cumberland; but with my partner it was the earli- 

 est. It may do for a local market. Ida is very productive, but the 

 fruit does not average large enough. Manchester does no good with 

 me, though it seems to be doing fine on prairie soil. I saw some 

 in Montgomery City a few days ago that looked very fine. Big Bob — 

 Little Bob — would suit better for it. In my opinion the fruit of it will 

 never bring in the money the plants did a iew years ago. Besides 

 these, I have Crescent, Sharpless, Glendale and Downing, but am not 

 yet prepared to express myself about them, except the Crescent, which 

 I have seen lately at other places. From what I saw and heard of it^ 

 it is certainly a safe one to plant. This report of course is based upon 

 the present prospect. May 26, 1885. 



Raspherries — I have a number of varieties in my fruit garden near 

 the house, a few plants of each, in order to show to customers, while 

 the others I have in the field. These at the house had been a little 

 better cultivated last season, and for that reason were injured to a 

 great extent last winter. Cuthbert and Moody were not injured at 

 all. Turner was killed to within six inches of the ground ; the same 

 were Lost Rubies and Scarlet Gem. S. Colossal was greatly injured, 

 but is now making up for lost time. Caroline came out with slight 

 injuries, while Gregg is very badly used up. In the field the injury was 

 not near so great. Thwack, Doolittle, Staymans No. 2 and Crimson 

 Beauty I am not yet prepared to say much about. S. Colossal, I think,, 

 will furnish me the most fruit, though Cuthbert, Turner and Caroline 

 will not be far behind. 



