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Gooseberries will stand shipping in almost any shape. Barrels will 

 do as well as anything - for them. Let them grow till homegrown straw- 

 berries are out of the way, and sell them between the strawberry and 

 the raspberry. 



The Red June apple may as well be carried in third bushel boxes 

 as in any other way. I would not recommend bushel boxes for early 

 apples. 



Sec. Goodman — Last summer nice Eed June apples in third bushel 

 boxes sold for as much as peaches in the Kansas City markets. 



C. C. Bell — It is well to get a good package. In apples, two things 

 should not be overlooked: First, full measure; a man, for a time, 

 may gain by small measure, but the public will soon find it out ; second, 

 there is money made by using good, well-made barrels. 



THE THREE BEST STRAWBERRIES, RASPBERRIES AND 



BLACKBERRIES. 



Z. T. RUSSELL. 



The subject of the " Best Varieties " is one of great interest as 

 ^well as importance to all berry growers. It is continually before their 

 minds, and while it is as old as the business itself, paradoxical as it 

 may seem, it is ever new and comes in for a share of attention and 

 discussion at almost, if not quite, every meeting of horticultural people 

 wheresoever held. 



And notwithstanding its repeated discussion, over and over again, 

 it still is, and in the nature of things must remain, an open question to 

 a great extent. There are so many varieties, and new ones being intro- 

 duced each year ; so many kinds of soil, modes of cultivation, and 

 variation of the seasons, that but few growers could agree on all varie- 

 ties in any given list. Hence it must not be expected that the present 

 list will suit, or be the best for every one. But it will be such as from 

 years of experience and observation has been found best on the 

 grounds of the writer — the soil being what is called "timber soil," a 

 limestone, clay loam, ranging in color from nearly white, through gray 

 and red, to nearly black. It is free from sand, but in places contains 

 considerable gravel and stones. 



