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inches in diameter, very smooth, and a beautiful high crimson 

 color, the flesh almost cream-colored; and is crisp, tender, and 

 the sweetest apple known to me. Nothing will equal it for 

 sweet pickles. 



GRAPES. 



Rogers' Hybrids, Delaware and Janesville, very fair crops. 

 Concords in some vineyards cut by frost. On many vines of 

 Brighton and Agawam a second crop of fruit was produced so 

 early as to get full growth before frost. Query: Can as good a 

 crop be expected the coming season on this account 1 



GOOSEBERRIES. 



Only a third of a crop. 



CURRANTS, 



cut by late frosts, gave about half a crop. Fay's seedling is all 

 and more than has been claimed for it. Black and white both 

 fruited more freely than the red. 



RASPBERRIES. 



The Clark and Philadelphia gave a full crop; no protection, 

 except plentiful mulching. Cuthbert was caught by extreme 

 drought. Blackcaps, especially Gregg, were fine. Have learned 

 by experience that it pays to cover canes with straw in Novem- 

 ber, not heavy enough to break canes, but sufficient to cover 

 carefully, working it in under the canes in the spring for inulch- 



ing. 



stone's hardy blackberry 



was among the most profitable small fruits handled in 1886. All 

 blackberries should be protected in this latitude. Light straw 

 mulching answers every purpose. This, with coarse manure 

 and litter worked well in under and about the bushes, serves 

 the double purpose of choking weeds and grass and keeping the 

 ground moist during the scorching days that, as a rule, are to 

 be expected in August. 



With prices fpr Stone's Hardy at twenty cents per quart, and 

 at this price with abundant yields that this variety always gives 

 under proper cultivation, it is safe to estimate on five hundred 

 dollars to the acre in the gross. 



Trusting your session may be a profitable one, 



I am, yours truly, 



S. M. Emery." 



