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or is supposed to know. Aminia — Is of very fine quality, approaching Herbert 

 closely; it is smaller in the berry, but carries more berries than Herbert, 

 making a showy bunch ; its shipping qualities are not so good. 



Fop Exhibition Only. 



Reds. — Jefferson, one of the finest in quality, very large, showy and com- 

 pact bunches. Mr. Corby has exhibited bunches weighing i^ pounds. 

 Salem — Is a very large and showy grape, and is one of the largest of the Rogers ; 

 it bears a larger berry than the Brighton. Goethe — Has a very large berry; 

 does better in the South, being a late grape, although in protected places it 

 does well here ; needs to be trimmed closely. 



Whites. — Niagara is a very showy grape, and a prolific bearer. The 

 berries of Lady Washington are not so large as those of Niagara, but the 

 bunches are larger and very showy. Irving makes a large bunch, and in 

 appearance is much like Niagara, fully as large, but later, and of fair quality. 



^/rt^/^^.- -Highland is first for size and the largest of our black grapes ; 

 late in ripening (about the 25th of September). Wilder — A first-class 

 grape, large in bunch and berry, and one of the hardiest of the Rogers' varieties ; 

 bunches often weigh one pound. Telegraph makes a large compact bunch of 

 medium quality ; ripens early, about September ist. 



AVERAGE YIELDS. 



Estimates of the probable returns per acre of the various fruit crops are by 

 no means uniform. This arises from the various conditions in which growers 

 operate, which give immensely divergent results. The publication of extraor- 

 dinary results, without qualification, is misleading, and has the tendency of 

 leading persons to engage in fruit culture with exaggerated notions of the profits, 

 and afterward to meet with disappointment. 



The following estimates by an Iowa fruit grower, are quite reasonable, and 

 therefore we publish them, hoping our readers will give us items from their own 

 experience, either corroborating or criticising them : 



Strawberries 1st crop, 2nd year, 3,500 quarts. 



Strawberries 2nd crop, 3rd year, 2,000 quarts. 



Raspberries 1st crop, 2nd year, 1,000 quarts. 



Raspberries 2nd crop, 3rd year, 2,500 quarts. 



Raspberries 3rd crop, 4th year, 2,500 quarts. 



Raspberries 4th crop, 5th year, 2,000 quarts. 



Raspberries 5th crop, 6th year, 2,000 quarts. 



Blackberries 1st crop, 2nd year, 500 quarts. 



Blackberries 2nd crop, 3rd year, 2,000 quarts. 



Blackberries 3rd crop, 4th year, 3,000 quarts. 



Blackberries 4th crop, 5th year, 4,000 quarts. 



Blackberries 5th crop, 6th year, 4,000 quarts. 



