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The Golden yueen raspberry is only 

 f^ooil for family use. On the subject of 

 worthy fruits, new or okl, Mr. \\'. K. 

 Ward says that some of the old fruits, 

 which are not yet much disseminated, 

 are as good as new ones, and can 

 often be grown with as nuich profit 

 as any, new or old. Old varieties 

 are often new to some people. The 

 KiefiFer has been growing in popu- 

 larity. At the start too much was 

 claimed for it. Growers now concede 

 it to be a good cooking, and a good 

 market fruit, and profitable. His 

 Kieffers sold in market for $1.40 per 

 bushel, and Anjou for $1.65. Yet^ 

 the KiefTer, one year with another, 

 produces double as much as the 

 Anjou. 



Tiie less in ripening is very small 

 and the tree is not subject to much 

 injury from insects. The truit is 

 valuable for New Jersey. Dana's 

 Hovey is in many respects the oppo- 

 site of the KiefTer — one of the oldest, 

 yet very little grown. It is of highest 

 flavor and deserving widest dissemi- 

 nation. The Quinn pear is also one 

 of the very best — late and a very good 

 keeper. The Lawson tree is a 

 good grower, but he could not say 

 anything in regard to its fruit. Many 

 strawberries have recently been in- 

 troduced, but few are receiving field 

 culture. The Jessie is one of them, 

 doing especially well on a heavy soil. 

 Its popularity is on the increase. 



Schaflfer's Colossal raspberry is dis- 

 carded on account of its color. Cuth- 

 bert and Marlboro take its place. 

 The latter is considerably earlier 

 than the Cuthbert, hence does not 

 come in competition with it and is 

 gaining in popularity. Fay's currant 



is sustaining its reputation and the 

 claims made for it by its introducer 

 or originator. He has some bushes 

 three years old. that yielded as much 

 as twelve quarts each, and the fruit 

 sold for 10 cents a quart. Of cherries 

 the Montmorency and Knglish Morello 

 are good, and yet not generally grown. 

 Moore's Early grape is one of the 

 very best early black sorts in culti- 

 vation. It comes to the market 

 when that is yet unsupplied with 

 grapes ; or at the same time with 

 green Ives, Champions or Concords 

 from Delaware and Maryland. Last 

 season it sold in Newark for eight cents 

 per pound, while Concords in their 

 season brought only four cents. It 

 takes the place of the Ives, and is 

 much better and more acceptable. 



Mr. Beebe praises Grimes's Golden 

 apple, that has never been pushed 

 halt as aiuch as it deserves. The 

 Wagener also is hardly disseminated 

 and yet it is one of the finest apples. 

 He is disgusted with many of the 

 Russian apples. The Canfield is a 

 tough, sweet apple, perhaps good to 

 cook or for cider. J.T. Lovett thinks 

 the Russian apples should not be 

 condemned in tliis fashion. Yellow 

 Transparent is good. Being asked 

 about the Delaware Winter apple, he 

 says he is quite confident that it 

 is identical with the Lawver ; but 

 even this is not much known. Mr. 

 Wilcox says it is a good keeping 

 apple, but never becomes good to 

 eat. Quality always very poor. 

 Grimes's Golden is praised by Mr. 

 Lovett. We have condensed the 

 most of the above notes from a report 

 in our estimable contemporary, the 

 Rural Ni'u' Yurkcr. 



THE BANANA. 



THIS fruit is now so common in our our readers. Every i;ne knows how re- 

 fruitstores, andsomuch used as a freshing the banana is to hungry rail- 

 desert fruit, that a little information con- way passenger, how its flavor, at first 

 cerning its growth may be interesting 10 too sweet and insipid to be relished. 



