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productive, is less seedy, more juicy, better in quality, and carries well to 
market.) ‘In fact, it is one of the very best of the black caps. whee wets 
The Miami, or Mammoth Cluster, as it has been rechristened, is the 
latest, as well as the largest of all the cap varieties, but the fruit is coarse, 
dry, sour, and seedy; even the birds do not seem to relish them, after eat- 
ing better sorts. They are only palatable when well sugared up. The 
canes grow very stout, and generally winter-kill to the snow line in this 
latitude. 
The Garden Soler is a variation from the blacks, in that the fruit is 
purple, with more of the flavor of the reds. it.is a valuable berry for 
family use, but too soft to carry well to market. The canes are perfectly 
hardy. 
There are also yellow caps, but the fruit is inferior to the black, and can 
be recommended only for variety. 
There are also new red fruited sorts of this class being brought into no- 
tice, and I think we may soon look for a berry combining all the good 
qualities of the red, with the habit of growth and hardiness of the black. 
Perhaps it would be proper in this connection to notice certain varieties 
called ever-bearing, which are said to produce a full crop early in the sea- 
son, and afterwards upon the tips of the new growth of wood to produce 
fruit ripening at intervals until the close. In this we have too much of a 
good thing. I have sometimes during the fall season found ripe fruit 
enough for a taste, but nothing for the market or the table. 
Varieties to Plant and time of Planting. 
One of the most puzzling things to a beginner is to make a good selection 
of varieties, and the more he consults standard authorities, the worse is 
the confusion, and even when his inquiries are directed to some nurseryman 
or fruitgrower, the chances are that some special pet of his, of which the in- 
quirer has never heard, comes recommended as being superior to every 
thing of the kind, and the wonder and admiration of all who have seen it. 
Of course it is held ata high price, but who cares for that, when we are 
getting something better than can be found in our neighbor’s grounds, and 
likely to supercede everything of the kind? 
While I would not discourage the planting of new varieties for experi- 
ment, I say touch lightly until they have been more fully tried. Better 
follow in the old channel, if you can realize from $200 to $500 per acre for 
your crop, than risk your chances on something new, even though It prom- 
ises double that return. 
The black caps thrive well everywhere, and in their wonderful natural 
habit of adaptation to ail soils and climates, they are a perfect blessing to 
both grower and consumer. The Doolittle and Seneca will be quite suffi- 
cient for those beginners, who cannot afford the high prices for new and 
untried sorts. Of the red raspberries, public opinion seems to point out 
the Philadelphia as the surest to grow. 
The raspberry may be planted out with good success, either in the falior 
spring, but I prefer the latter, as the ground is always moist at the time, 
and if the plants have been handled with care, so as not to expose the 
fibrous roots to the drying winds, are very sure to grow. I have planted 
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