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commercial berry, but they are fine for home use, where quality is one 

 of the first considerations. Parsons Beauty, Parker Earl, Crescent, 

 Loyd, and Yant all did well. Ridgeway, Sample and Brandywine of 

 the late varieties did well, but were not up to the standard of the 

 Gandy. Oom Paul, Lucas, Challenge and Rough Rider scarcely paid 

 rent. Jessie, McKinley, Clyde, and Johnsons Early did better, but were 

 not up to the standard we are striving for. 



Several new varieties are being pushed to the front at present. 

 One of these, the Commonwealth, is superior to any of the late varie- 

 ties in use, according to the introducer. I like its appearance very 

 well, but have not yet fruited it. Some southern growers are planting 

 the Klondike almost exclusively, and it gives promise of doing well 

 here. 



One of the latest to be offered to the public is the Cardinal Straw- 

 berry. More money has been spent to advertise it than any other new 

 variety ever introduced, and the public pays the expense at the rate of 

 13.00 per dozen for plants. If it will take the place of our late varieties 

 as well as Dunlaps supplants the mid-season varieties, we will not be- 

 grudge the price. I would advise new beginners in the berry business 

 to buy only well established varieties. Nine out of ten of the highest 

 priced plants in all catalogues are of no value. 



RASPBERRIES. 



No fruit retains its natural flavor after canning better than the 

 raspberry. Several years' experience with Kansas, Gregg, Nemaha. 

 Parmer, etc., has given us a few very fine crops and several poor ones. 

 It was really a question with me whether raspberries could be grown at 

 12.00 @ 2.50 per case or not. 



I have been testing new varieties and had by success in a small 

 way gained confidence enough in Cumberlands and Cardinals to plant 

 quite liberally of them in 1904. I planted four rows of Cumberland 

 fifty rods long, five rows of Cardinals, and on recommendation of my 

 friend, McGeehon, added three rows of Haymaker. The rows of rasp- 

 berries were eight feet apart, and not expecting much of a crop the first 

 year, I planted strawberries between the rows. The raspberries were 

 tended almost entirely with a two-horse cultivator, as we only hoed 

 them twice. 



Last winter the thermometer registered 34 degrees below zero 

 and we became anxious as to the fate of our raspberries. Last spring 

 one-half of the strawberries were removed from the field and from the 



