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notices the fact that the fruit on all the trees excej)t this one is destroyed 

 by the Curculio. On^liis tree a few were injured in the middle of 

 July, after he had removed the basin of oil. 



Have any others tried this experiment ? If they have will they 

 please give their experience through the pages of the Hortculturist. 



A. M. PURDY'S EXPERIENCE WITH RASPBERRIES. 



In the August number of the Fruit Recorder, the Editor gives his 

 summer's experience with several kinds of raspberries, from which we 

 learn that he finds the Davidson's Thornless (black) and Highland 

 Hardy (red) to be the first to ripen, and that a good succession is kept 

 up in the black raspberries by the Doolittle, Mammoth Cluster and 

 Gregg. He speaks well of our favorite black, the Mammoth Cluster, 

 of its size and productiveness, and he seems to go into ecstasies over 

 the Gregg, which ripens its crop after the Mammoth Clusters are gone, 

 claiming that it is the largest, most productive and best black raspberry 

 grown. 



After the Highland Hardy, he finds that the Turner is the next 

 red raspberry to ripen, after that the Brandywine, which is so firm a 

 berry that it bears shipping to a long distance, and on this account, 

 combined with its bright color, productiveness, and hardiness of its 

 bush is a very valuable market fruit. We infer from his remarks 

 that this variety requires a rich soil and high culture to produce the 

 best results. The Philadelphia is put down as the most productive of 

 all the red raspberries, and sells around home for about the same price 

 as other reds. The Clarke and Herstine are considered fine for home 

 market but too soft for shipping. Of the Pride of the Hudson, he says 

 the plant mildews badly, the fruit large, soft and of poor flavor, not 

 equal to the old Hornet or the Delaware. The Henrietta he 

 pronounces to be the same as the Amazon. Ganargua is put down as 

 a fruit of poor quality though a great cropper. The Carolina is. 

 described as a rich amber colored fruit, productive and hardy as a 

 black cap. The Golden Thornless is nraised for its productiveness 

 and value for drying, but we cannot see of what use so poor and 

 flavorless a fruit can be even where it is dried. The Thwack is 

 mentioned as a very fine berry, and a little larger than the Brandy- 

 wine, and a good cropper, with a promise of being very hardy. 



