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into the State of New York, a still greater distance ; and I may add that my 

 experience in having it delivered in marketable condition to these distant points 

 has been uniformly good. To accomplish this result, the berries must be picked 

 daily, and while they are yet a light red and quite firm, and be handled in 

 very shallow packages. If the Turner is allowed to hang long enough to get 

 very mellow and sweet, it will certainly become too soft for long or even short 

 conveyance. In fact, any raspberry must be a hard, dry, and worthless affair 

 that will bear any considerable handling or transportation after it has become 

 fully ripe. 



The Turner is thought by many to surpass all other raspberries in excellence 

 of flavor. I have myself tasted nothing equal to it for sweetness. It is among 

 raspberries what the Seckel and Dana's Hovey are among pears. Its merits as 

 a plant are greater than any other before the public, everything considered. 

 It is ''iron clad" as to cold. It is an exceedingly robust growei", and, what is 

 of great convenience in cultivation, pruning, and harvesting, its canes are per- 

 fectly smooth. It bears freely and reliably, but I think not such enormous 

 crops as some others. It appears to succeed in all climates, and in all soils that 

 are moderately rich. It bears neglect, but responds generously to liberal cul- 

 ture. 



In conclusion, let me say that I am not a nurseryman, and grow no plants 

 of any kind for sale. — Parker Earle in Country Gsntleman. 



SMALL FRUITS. 



PROFIT 11!^" SMALL FKUITS, 



There is a constant cry of danger that we are overdoing small fruit culture. 

 Parker Earle, president of the Mississipi Valley Horticultural Society, com- 

 ments upon this matter in the Farmer and Fruit Grower. He thinks there is 

 promise of future profits under conditions which he names. He says: 



The first condition of success we would name is that any party going into 

 small fruit culture, or any other branch of the fruit business, must make that 

 particular thing his leading business. He must become a specialist. He 

 must become a constant student of all the surroundings and contingencies of 

 his business. He must understand the conditions of its healthful growth, and 

 be prepared to overcome the many difiiculties which will beset him. We do not 

 believe that any man who is doing a half-dozen other things of equal or supe- 

 rior importance will be likely to find much money in small fruit growing. His 

 other duties will claim his attention at some critical time, and great losses will 

 occur. It is coming to be better understood among agriculturists what sagacious 

 business men have already understood, that the greatest achievements are 

 made by the specialists in whatever line of work. The great stockmen of this 

 country are stockmen. They give all their energy to the stock business. They 

 master its obstacles and then are alert to embrace its opportunities. It is so 



