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Turner, Phoenix, Loudon, Miller are good and hardy here. Of the black- 

 berries I must give a preference to the Snyder; Erie, Kittatiny and Early 

 Harvest are good. There are other sorts that are good in some places, 

 but the above do best with rm. Of the grape the Moore's Early is a 

 great acquisition, being large, early and hardy, before the Concord. We 

 have the Woodruff Red, this sort I consider the finest of the hardy 

 sorts that do well here, although it sometimes suffers here by a drouth 

 in August; the Jewell is a hardy early sort (and very good. We also have 

 the Campbell's Early, that is highly recommended and certainly very 

 promising and worthy of trial. Elvira is a very hardy and prolific sort, but 

 not of the best quality. Ives' Seedling and Wyoming Eed are good 

 and free from disease, but are rather small. There is a new dewberry 

 that I forgot to mention in place with the blackberry. It originated 

 in Texas and is called Mayes, or Austin Improved; it is larger and more 

 prolific than Lucretia. The dewberries are fine for the table and always 

 sell well, as they are large, showy and early. I will mention only 

 a few of the diseases and insects of small fruits. Spraying 

 with Bordeaux mixture is a remedy as all know for fungus 

 diseases, such as grape rot, authracnose on the raspberry and 

 blackberry, etc. There is an insect that has almost destroyed my graiies 

 for a few years that is called the grape leaf roller; is produces sev- 

 eral generations in a year and if not checked will soon destroy the fruit 

 and even the vine, as it destroys the leaves so as to stop all growth of 

 vines and fruit. By going over the vineyard and destroying the worm 

 in the leaf as soon as discovered, will keep them in check ; also rake up 

 and burn all leaves and rubbish in the fall will help get rid of them. 



The rust in the blackberry can be kept out usually by going over 

 them two or three times in the spring with a spade and cutting out, root 

 and branch, all that shows the sig-ns of rust. The strawberry is kept 

 healthy and free from disease and injurious insects by not growing on the 

 same ground too long and by mowing vines off after the fruit is done and 

 taking a rake or fork and drawing most of the leaves or mulch between 

 the rows (of course the rows run north and south) and on a dry day set 

 fire to them when the wind is right to carry fire straight between the rows. 



Most of small fruits are best with a level cultivation on well drained, 

 rolling land, but not hilly enough to wash. All small fruits want 



