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weedy, the expense of cultivation is less if the hill system is selected. 

 The varieties most generally grown are Crescent, Sharpless and Miners 

 Prolific. Other kinds may be more profitable under certain conditions 

 but these named seem to do best under all circumstances. 



The average price for the season is about lO cents per quart whole- 

 sale. 



The secret of success with us in growing strawberries lies in heavy 

 manuring and high cultivation. 



Raspberries are not grown to such an extent as strawberries, and 

 the markets are not over-stocked, as is often the case with strawberries. 

 The price at which the fruit sells is also more uniform. Red berries re- 

 turning about i6 cents and Black Caps from I2 cents to 15 cents per 

 quart. 



The most profitable varieties are Cuthbert for red and Gregg for 

 black. Other varieties are grown, but their berries are either 

 too small, soft or the canes too week in their growth to make them de- 

 sirable. 



The blackberry is another fruit for which the demand is greater 

 than the supply, good fruit never selling for less than 12 cents or 15 

 cents per quart. 



The Agawam, Wachusett and Snyder being grown most. The 

 Snyder, in my opinion, is the most profitable berry when all conditions 

 are taken into account. 



If asked if fruit-growing is a profitable business in New England, I 

 should answer that, when carried on in an intelligent manner, there is 

 no branch of farming which pays as well ; but a man to succeed must 

 not be afraid to work or to wait. 



Fruit culture is the poorest business for a lazy man to go into I 

 know of, for one must not only understand the nature and wants of each 

 and every kind of fruit he grows, and know how to fight their enemies, 

 but put his knowledge into his every day work. For in no business is 

 the saying more true, " That eternal vigilence is the price of success," 

 than it is in horticulture. 



Miss Nellie Davis then gave a splendid recitation which excited 

 much favorable comment. The Glee Club sang a lively song and the 

 president declared the house adjourned till Friday morning at 9 o'clock. 



