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Bomba— Very early, of good size at first, with excellent flavor. A 

 strong grower. 



Pearl— -Very good in every respect, but not having a fair test, we 

 prefer not to say much now ; a good grower, fruit excellent. 



Pineapple— Thrifty, good size, not so productive as in some places. 



Hampden— Moderately productive, poor grower, firm. Said to be 

 of value in its native home, Massachusetts. 



Gold— Late, size medium. Cannot recommend for field culture, as 

 it is too hard to grow. 



Summit— Large, good flavor, moderately productive, but inclined to 

 rust ; fruit of large size. 



Lida— Good grower, size medium, and is said to be productive in 

 some localities, but is not with us. 



BJmont—Set much bloom, and some fine fruit, but the larger part 

 of its bloom did not mature. 



Crawford (new)— Claimed to be very large and attractive. We had 

 some fruit this season, which was fine, but it is too soon to judge from 

 our test ; it will evidently be a popular variety. 



Eureka (new) — Very large, and said to be very productive. Flat- 

 tering reports have come to us of this which we are inclined to credit. 

 We believe it will prove valuable.' 



E. W. Keld. 



SNYDER AND TAYLOR BLACKBERRIES. 



Editors Indiana Farmer : 



I read to-day what Prof. Troop has to say about raspberries and 

 blackberries in the Farmer, also your comments. I have Snyder, Wal- 

 lace and Taylor blackberries, and know how abundant, large and deli- 

 cious the Taylor is when healthy; but during the last two years it has 

 acted in an unaccountable manner, coming up to the ripening season 

 and apparently all right, even after it had commenced ripening, then it 

 would suddenly seem to be struck with some kind of disease that would 

 paralyze the bearing plants. The berries remain hard and unpalatable 

 and we let them remain on the bushes. This was not occasioned by 

 drouth, as the last two ripening seasons were accompanied with plenty 

 of rain. During the last two seasons I raised and sold about 480 bush- 

 els of blackberries, and of this amount about 460 bushels were Snyder. 

 However, there is a fruit-grower living about ten miles northeast of 

 here, that grows about as many blackberries as I do, and this man tells 

 me that Taylor does splendidly for him. But I noticed in market that 



