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during the winter. Crescent and Glendale stood the drought 

 and produced the best. A row of Jas. Vick produced well. 

 Wilson and Old Ironclad were a light crop. Jumbo and Sharp - 

 less produced a crop of very large, fine berries. Jumbo is too 

 soft for shipping. A Frenchman living in the Big Woods near 

 Winsted lake had about 4,000 quarts of Wilson and Crescent 

 from seven-eighths of an acre. The average market price in our 

 county was about ten cents. 



RASPBERRIES. 



Turner, Cuthbert, Doolittle and Gregg raspberries produced a 

 fair crop; i)rice, 122 to 15 cents. 



A new seedling red raspberry lately introduced in our county 

 attracted considerable attention the past season. It is called the 

 York State Sweet. In answer to questions addressed to the 

 originator, I received the following information: He set in rows 

 six feet apart, hills two to three feet apart, among apple trees, 

 on a southern slope. No winter i^rotection has been given them 

 during the past seven years, and they have never winter-killed. 

 From a patch three by seven rods forty dollars' worth of fruit 

 was produced. It seems to be a promising variety. 



My Stone's Hardy blackberries that were covered with dirt 

 during the winter bore a good crop, but the quality was not 

 number one. I think the hot, dry weather injured the quality 

 and made them look as though they were scalded. Query: Is 

 this berry generally of good size and color ? A few neglected 

 canes of the Snyder and Taylor's Prolific produced nice berries. 



I purchased five hundred plants of the Ancient Briton black- 

 berry of Mr. Hamilton. Owing to the spring weather coming 

 on so much earlier than it did at Eipon, they did not arrive 

 until the ground got pretty dry, which, with the aid of cut- 

 worms, caused two hundred plants to die. Some of those that 

 lived seemed inclined to trail on the ground instead of growing 

 upright. Query: Is this the habit of the Ancient Briton ? A 

 few dewberry plants owned by myself and Mr. Crandall pro- 

 duced some of the largest and finest berries in the blackberry 

 line I have seen. Question: Can any member present give us 

 any information in regard to the hardy dewberry advertised by 

 Dewaiu Cook? 



My Eed Dutch and white currants produced a fine crop. But' 

 few grapes are grown west of the Big Woods. Concord, Rogers, 

 Salem and Janesville produced good crops where properly cared 

 for. 



