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STATE HORTICULTUEAL SOCIETY. 



mosb productive, while Turner is generally conceded a standard in respect to 

 flavor of the berr}' : 



There are some characteristics of the above named varieties not noted in the 

 table which should have an influence in determining upon a selection. The 

 Turner is a few days earlier in ripening than either of the others. It is 

 followed in two or three days by Thwack and Winant, then comes Reliance, 

 and latest the Cuthbert. The Reliance continues in bearing a little longer 

 than any other sort of red raspberries. The crop of Reliance is but two-thirds 

 ripened at this date (July 18), whereas Turners gave their last picking for the 

 season two days since. 



All these varieties sprout from the roots plentifully, and the young plants 

 coming up between the rows must be mercilessly destroyed or the "patch" will 

 soon "run to waste." 



Of blackcap raspberries the Gregg still takes the lead, though the canes 

 were sadly damaged last winter, — a rare exception to its hitherto uniform 

 hardiness. 



EASPBERRY TRAINING. 



The Farmer and Fruit Grower says: " AVe have a splendid piece of black 

 raspberries, — the Mammoth Cluster. We nipped the canes off last summer 

 when only two feet high, and kept nipping off the branches and tops until 

 they had the forms of little trees. They went through the hard winter finely, 

 were not killed, and now are one mass of green, and all of blossoms. Some 

 of our neighbors' raspberry canes are all killed to the ground, whole fields of 

 them. They were left to grow away up tall, without pinching, and the cold 

 weather finished them. It is best to prune or pinch in summer. We believe 

 in pinching and plenty of it. It saves staking and tying and makes lots of 

 fruit. We stake no raspberries and they stand up straigiit as oaks." 



STRAWBERRY METHODS. 



In a discussion at an Illinois Horticultural meeting Parker Earle, in answer 

 to questions, said he cultivates the matted row system for which Capt, Jack 

 and Charles Downing do well; has tried some hill culture for which Triumph 

 and Wilson succeed ; costs him $50 per acre cultivation. In picking puts a 

 foreman to about thirty hands; used to assort and face up berries after pick- 



