FRUIT growers' SOCIETY OF WESTERN NEW YORK. 



Col. Hodge, of Buffalo, had found the common Black Rasplerry, or Blacl- Cop, 

 as it is generally called, the most hardy, and, take it altogether, the best for general 

 cultivation. The Antiverps were tender unless grown among trees, which would 

 afford sufficient protection. Covering the plants in the fall was troublesome and 

 expensive. The Allen is a variety much grown around Buffalo, and is a native of 

 Ohio. It is of a reddish black, and a superior fruit. 



Mr. Barry said the growing of the Anlwerps, and other good varieties, is pro- 

 fitable near large cities. The Red Antiverp is the variety grown so extensively 

 on the Hudson River for the New York market. His practice was, in the fall, 

 to bend the tops down, and throw a spadeful of earth over them. The snow soon 

 covers them. The Antwerps are far superior, in flavor, to the native varieties 

 mentioned — so is the Orange, and other varieties that might be named — they are 

 the Raspberry in perfection. The Red Antwerp is hardy in the gardens about 

 this city, requiting no protection. 



Mr. Hooker observed that the Black Raspberry would usually sell higher than 

 other varieties, being much sought after for preserving. The foreign varieties 

 ripened very fast, and in a few hours were over-ripe, so that they required to be 

 watched, or a portion of the crop was destroyed. This was not so with the Black. 

 It would keep in good condition several days. 



Mr. Stone, of Oswego, thought it worthy of notice that the Black Raspberry 

 was not attacked by worms when ripe, like other varieties. 



Mr. Barry considered this a bad sign, as insects were good judges of fruit. 



If the people want the Black Raspberry, and are willing to pay more for them 

 than for a better sort, so as to make their growth more profitable, of course fruit 

 growers would do well to raise them. But, when all the pains necessary to grow 

 better kinds is a slight protection in winter, in exposed localities, no one should 

 allow the trouble to frighten them from their culture. This would be progress in 

 the wrong direction. The Black Raspberry is too woody for our fancy. If we 

 were obliged to eat a certain amount of wood, we should prefer to have it separate 

 from the fruit. 



Gooseberries. — Mr. Hooker thought Gooseberries a very profitable crop for 

 market, if they could be grown free from mildew. Had raised some for market, 

 which he sold at eighteen cents per quart. 



Mr. George Ellwanger had found that the Oroxcn Boh, White Smith, and other 

 strong growing varieties, were not apt to mildew. 



Mr. Hooker ; on light soils, never got a good berry, even with thorough mulch- 

 ing. Had no trouble in growing Gooseberries free from mildew on a heavy soil. 

 Houghton's Seedling had never mildewed with him. 



Mr. Ellwanger had never known Houghton's Seedling to mildew, even on the 

 lightest soil. 



Mr. Hodge cultivated twenty varieties. Found that, after two or three years, 

 the mildew entirely destroyed them. Does better in a heavy soil, but even then 

 mildews. Heavy pruning and a stiff soil, are the best preventives. Never recol- 

 lected seeing mildew on Houghton's Seedling. 



Mr. Barry said the Gooseberry required a cool, moist soil. In Lower Canada, 

 Maine, and in the northern part of this State, it succeeded almost as well as in 

 the cool, moist climate of England. 



Mr. Warren, of Genesee Co., had raised the Gooseberry, without trouble from 

 mildew, in a light soil, on the north side of a board fence. 



Shelter. — Benjamin Hodge thought this subject very important. Shelter was 

 essential to the growth of fruit in many localities. . Peaches could not be raised 

 fifalo — not on account of severe frosts, as many thought, but because 



