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failed, I have made up my mind to throw them aside, I have tried hard to 
save them by trimming early and covering the tips, but all in vain. They 
are not the variety for this country. My red varieties—one from my native 
country, the Philadelphia, and a wild one taken from my woods—came out 
with the prospect of a full crop. These were killeé@ down last winter, with 
the exception of the wild one. Can nothing be done to prevent this killing 
down? My black raspberries are on the east side of my garden, and well 
protected. Currants and gooseberries have done well with me. I sent you 
last fall a box of Miner plums, raised in my garden. Do they compare with 
the description given in circulars of nurserymen ? There are not many of 
them this year. My cherry trees came out in full bloom, but fruit blighted; 
will give some crop if birds are not too greedy. 
I would like very much to be at the meeting in Minneapolis, but in this 
grasshopper country people have to avoid all unnecessary expenses. We 
have to buy. our bread, and have the prospect of another visit of that insect, 
for they deposited their eggs within fifty miles from here. Our crops look 
splendid, and I hope they will not be destroyed. Hoping to hear from you 
this time, I remain, Yours Respectfully, 
E. MEYER. 
Mr. Wilson. What kinds does he refer to? The Brown Thrush 
and Robin are the worst on strawberries, and the Baltimore Oriole 
. On grapes. 
Mr. Harris. Ihave lost raspberries from a little white grub. 
I dug up and destroyed the old bushes and planted again beside 
the old patch. They are now beginning on that side next to the 
old patch. 
Mr. Wilson. Such cases as Mr. Meyer’s are simply exceptional 
and not general. 
Small Fruits. 
Mr. Perry. J have had some experience with raspberries. I 
have considered the Doolittle a success for ten years past, and this 
year it will give the greatest crop I have ever had. I believe that 
a slight covering of straw to keep off the sun is all that is required. 
I have had the Davison’s Thornless, but itis not so good. But 
the best of all is the Philadelphia. I have had currants for ten 
years. The worms cut off the crop, and then I commenced anew 
and kept the ground clean and had no further trouble. Cherries 
are doing well. I have 50 trees that are bearing well. I have the 
best strawberry in Minnesota or the United States.' It is the 
Coleur de Chair (Color of Flesh). It is as hardy as the Wilson, 
larger, and in general superior for family use, but not so firm for 
shipping. I plant new every third year, setting the plants two feet 
