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you have crystal strychnine, which is the best, put it on a plate 

 and pulverize it and put some meal with it, stirring it up; use 

 just a little strychnine, just what you can take on the point of 

 a penknife, and fix a half dozen places. 



C. L. Smith: If you mix a little grease with your meal it 

 will do better. 



SMALL FRUIT. 



BY MISS ANNIE BONNIWELL, HUTCHINSON. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: 



I am requested to prepare a paper on any subject I thought best. I 

 know not what would be of more interest than on the different kinds and 

 amount of fruit grown by me last season. In regard to strawberries, on 

 less than one-tenth of an acre I picked two hundred and fifty quarts. 

 They included the Glendale, Crescents, Bubach and Windsor Chief. On 

 one bed of about a quarter of an acre I picked but very few quarts. They 

 were Park's Beauty, Belmont and Jessa. Park's Beauty grows remarka- 

 bly strong and healthy. They produce an immense number of runners 

 and but very little fruit. I have a large bed of Captain Jack and Fenche's 

 Prolific, from which I gathered about twenty-five quarts. The quality 

 was not of the best, probably owing to the unusually wet weather which 

 prevailed at the time of ripening. My raspberries did remarkably well. 

 On less than one eigth of an acre I picked five hundred quarts. I think 

 the best varieties of red raspberries for the general cultivation of our loca- 

 lity are the Turner, Brandywine and Philadelphia. I would place the 

 Turner at the head of the list of these berries. It is a medium, round, 

 bright, red berry, early variety, of excellent quality, strong grower, hardy 

 and productive. The Brandywine is very productive, grows in large clus- 

 ters, but is a little too soft for shipping. It is very hardy. The Phila- 

 delphia is a very large, bright berry, but not very productive. In regard 

 to my black caps, I had about half an acre, but they were winter-killed. 

 They included the Tyler and Doolittle. I also have three different kinds 

 of currants, Red Dutch, Black and White. I have two kinds of goose- 

 berries; one is Houghton; the other is a wild berry which I got from the 

 woods, planted and cultivated. It is very productive. The berry is 

 larger than any other. In regard to grapes, I have several vines, but the 

 Concord and Worden do the best. 



SMALL FRUIT GROWING IN OTTER TAIL COUNTY. 



BY F. H. FIEDLER, FERGUS FALLS. 



Mr. President and Members of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society : 

 I was requested by your secretary to write an article on small fruit 



growing in Otter Tail county for the annual meeting of the society. 

 Now. I am more used to the grub hoe or the spade than to pen and 



pencil, but if you think it is worth your time to listen to an Otter Tail 



county backwoods bachelor, I will try and give you a few homely remarks 



on my successes and failures in small fruit growing. 



