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The gooseberry is so uncertain and if it ever is successful, is too 

 poor a fruit to waste laud or time in cultivating it. All kinds of 

 small fruits are in excellent condition, especially the strawberry. 

 The Black Caps have made a good healthy growth, not so rampant 

 as some seasons, and not made as many tips as usual. All are 

 going into winter quarters with unusual promise of a good crop the 

 coming season. Be sure to cover the strawberry beds lightly with 

 clean wheat straw as soon as the ground freezes sufficiently to bear 

 up a wagon. 



REPORT ON SMALL FRUIT. 



BY LIONBERGER & GUTMANN, NEW FLORENCE, MO. 



S. Miller : We will try to comply with your request in 

 regard to a report on small fruit. However, we have not been in 

 business long enough to give as complete a report as we would 

 like to. 



Straivberries. — We only had a few varieties in fruit last 

 summer ; of these we found Jersey Queen to be one of the very 

 best. Captain Jack, Daisy and James Vick have done excellent ; 

 while Old Ironclad and Piper did rather poor. Crystal City had 

 fine fruit, which came early, but was not of the best quality. Big- 

 Bob and Manchester we do not think deserve the praise some 

 nurserymen give them. Ida had a good deal of fruit, which, 

 though small, was of good quality. In August we had commenced 

 planting a new plantation. The fact is, we have been planting more 

 or less the Avhole fall. Of the first planting we find Old Ironclad 

 and Piper to show the most vigor, next comes C. Triumph, then 

 Daisy, James Yick, Capt. Jack, Jersey Queen and Crystal City. 

 Manchester and Big Bob do very poor. Of Sharpless, Crescent^ 

 C. Downing, and Olendale, which we planted late, we could not 

 say much at present. 



Raspberi'ies. — We have the following sorts : Cuthbert, Turner, 

 Thwack, Doolittle, Gregg, Caroline, Moody, Shaffer's Colossal, 

 Crimson Beauty, Lost Rubies, Scarlet Gem and Stayman's No. 2. 

 Cuthbert, Turner and Thwack have done fine with us. Shaffers 

 Colossal is a fine fruit of the largest size, and, we think, is one of 

 the best for home use ; but- doubt whether it is attractive enough 

 for market. Gregg and Doolittle we think a great deal of, and 



