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half a lifetime for a farm and tiie tools and stock absolutely neces- 

 sary to make it profitable. 



"Fruit growing does not require a great outlay of physical 

 strength, as there is but little hard work connected with it ; and for 

 this reason it is a suitable occupation for those who are not able to 

 engage in farmirig, market gardening, or any employment which 

 involves much hard work. Old men, invalids and children may 

 spend their little strength in fruit growing, and be successful. It 

 is pre-eminently a business for women. There is scarcely any other 

 work in which they can engage' with as good a prospect of making 

 money. 



NEW AND RARE RASPBERRIES. 



A year ago I set out a dozen or more seedlings — Gregg crossed 

 with Tyler — nearly all are now in fruit. I am gratified and aston- 

 ished. There are several black ones as fine as either parent, one 

 larger than Gregg, and so black that it shines like a blackberry ; 

 it resembles T3der in quality. But what astonishes me most is there 

 are three amber-colored albinos (may I not use this term?), one larger 

 than any black-cap I have ever seen — about the size of the Turner. 

 The albinos are all milder-flavored than the blacks. A lady said : 

 "'Why, they taste just like wild berries!" The canes of the 

 albinos are very large, some of them as big as broom handles. Is 

 it not quite unusual to get so many albinos ? The experiment so 

 far is very satisfactory. Physicians tell us to eat fruit without 

 sugar ; black-caps are usually too sour, but these may be eaten 

 without sugar, not seeming sonr. — D. S. Marvin. 



A NEW WHITE SWEET CURRANT. 



Peter Henderson & Co. sent us a box of white currants the 

 last of July, which were raised by Geo. Seymour, of Connecticut. 

 Mr. Seymour said the fruit was from bushes which had been growing 

 for a long time on his place, and that the fruit was remarkably 

 sweet. We notice two peculiarities of the fruit — one, the remark- 

 able uniformity in size of all the currants on a stem. Those on 

 the very tip were as large as those at the base. They were also 

 remarkably sweet — we think the sweetest currants we ever tasted. 



