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A. Ambrose— Y'lnd-s, the Snyder rusts as bad as Kittatinny. 



E. Liston — Likes the Snyder blackberry and the Gregg raspberry ; 

 finds the currants do well on the north side of fence. 



Van Houton^ (?/'/<?mj«^— Found the Snyder has been hardy for the 

 last ten years in Iowa; thinks mulching is one of the best preventives 

 of drouth. 



E. P. ^ew.?/— Thinks that winter killed means summer killed ; 

 drouth is much worse than winter. 



Ml. Fink — Finds that the Gregg winter killed worse than any 

 other variety; the Mammoth Cluster is much better. 



CapU Hollister — The strawberry is the main stand by ; the Wilson 

 is the best for market of any or all others ; if well taken care of it will 

 pay the best of all others. The Chas. Downing is the second best and 

 have always paid well. Raspberries are not so profitable as are the 

 strawberry. 



T. W. (yawnz!— One of his neighbors raises currants by mulching 

 with sawdust. 



Mr. Workman— F'm^s, the Stone's Hardy is hardy, prolific, small, 

 but bears a long time. 



BERRIES A COMING STAPLE CROP. 



BY CHAS. PATTERSON, KIRKSVILLE, MO. 



There is a latent demand for strawberries and blackberries, that 

 very few are yet aware of. By latent demand I mean the same as there 

 once was for a sewing machine, mower, and all other labor saving con- 

 trivances, as well as what are now staple fruits. No tired seamstress or 

 drudging house-wife was ever heard to wish that somebody would 

 invent a machine to ten-double their powers, or lighten their tedious 

 tasks. And it requires an army of "oily-tongued agents" to demon- 

 state its efficiency by actual work, before it could be brought into gen- 

 eral use. But as soon as this was done, the demand became active. 

 It very soon became a necessary article for all thrifty house-keepers. 

 Just so will berries of all kinds become articles of necessity, rather 



