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ely soil, where they have grown taller than in their native spot, 

 and produce larger and more abundant berries. He advises us to 

 set out young plants, about a foot high, in the spring, and then 

 to mulch them for a year or two, and plow in some coarse horse 

 manure occasionally. They are slow to start,' but after they are 

 started they grow rapidly, both in bush and berry. 



PRESIDENT WILDER ON NEW FRUITS. 



Eds. Country Gentleman : — We have had a very favorable 

 season, and I have been enabled to prove many of the new varieties 

 of our small fruits. 



The Primo strawberry is large and uniform, bright, late and 

 very good. The Prince (of berries) makes good stools, with plenty 

 of trusses and fruit, handsome and high flavored, very good to 

 best, excellent for home use. Mrs. Garfield and Jewell are promis- 

 ing, and Bouquet especially so, for its aromatic true strawberry 

 flavor. 



Of raspberries, the Marlboro, of which you have spoken, I have 

 to state that plants sent me for trial last May came into fruit July 

 10th, and bore some through the month ; a very robust and free 

 grower, with numerous shoots, one of which is more than six feet 

 in height. I hope it may prove to be a good acquisition, but it will 

 require good characteristics to surpass the Franconia, Knevett and 

 other well approved kinds, Cuthbert does well, and so does Caro- 

 line, a true h)'brid, which possesses the wood and foliage of the 

 Caps, with the color, texture and flavor of the Brinckle, 



Of blackberries, Early Harvest is two weeks ahead of any 

 other, and Dorchester the sweetest I possess. Ancient Briton is a 

 hardy, very prolific and good sort. 



Grapes are looking remarkably well, Moore's and Worden are 

 now coloring, the last a noble yine, surpassing its mother. Concord, 

 in growth and beauty. Of dark varieties, Brighton, Barry and 

 Wilder ^re my favorites, but the Concord, when well ripened, is 

 very good. Of the reds, Lindley, Jefferson and lona, all high- 

 flavored and fine, and when the latter ripens evenly and well, it is 

 best, and good enough for me. Of the whites, Niagara, Prentiss 

 and Pocklington are competing for prizes, and Duchess and Lady 

 Washington, though later, are noble vines, the latter the most vig- 

 orous sort I possess, and although twice thinned, has now too mucli 

 fruit. 



By-the-by, what a striking illustration of the influence of 

 hybridization or cross-fertilization have these white grapes afforded 



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