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supply will help to find you a market, 

 as all dealers like to buy from those 

 who can give them the most regular 

 supply, and for the greatest length of 

 time. I will give a 



LIST OF THE MOST PROFITABLE SORTS 



for market, so far as tested in this 

 county. Fii*st on the list is 



Strawberries. — For first early, plant 

 Old Iron Clad ; next early, Crescent 

 Seedling; for medium, Wilson and 

 Daniel Boone ; for late, Manchester 

 and Atlantic. 



Red Raspberries. — Turner, for early; 

 Cuthbert, for late. Shaffer's Colossal 

 is a very dark red or purple ; it is the 

 most productive and best for canning, 

 and none more hardy. 



Black Raspberries. — For early, Tyler 

 and Souhegan ; for medium, Mam- 

 moth Cluster ; for late, Gregg. 



Red Currants. — Victoria, Raby 

 Castle and Fay's Prolific. 



White Currants. — None better than 

 White Grape. 



Black Currants. — Lee's Prolific and 

 Naples. 



Gooseberries. — Smith's Improved and 

 Downing. 



Blackberries. — Snyder. 



Grapes. — Concord, Worden, Moore's 

 Early, Delaware, Rogers' No, 9 (Lind- 

 ley), and Brighton. 



The above are all well-tested varie- 

 ties, and will 



ADAPT THEMSELVES TO ALMOST ANY SOIL, 



and where they will not succeed it 

 would be useless to look for any that 

 will pay. There are some of the new 

 grapes that show such decided merit 

 that I will give the names of a few, 

 although I do not like to say much 

 about new varieties in a paper of this 

 kind. Ulster Prolific I believe to be 

 one of the most promising new red 

 grapes I have seen for this country. 

 Kmpire State and Niagara are both 

 very fine white grapes, and well worthy 

 of a place in every collection. 



BAGGING GRAPES. 



{From the Philadelphia Weekly Press). 



The following replies to inquiries as 

 to the results of using bags upon grape 

 clusters this season, the difference be- 

 tween fruit thus treated and that left 

 uncovered, the influence of the bags 

 upon early ripening, flavor, bloom, 

 soundness, etc., will be found instruc- 

 tive. 



IN NEW JERSEY. 



I bagged some of all varieties and 

 most of some varieties, the smaller 

 clusters being unbagged. Of the Mar- 

 tha, Niagara, and some others, the 

 exposed cluster was invariably worth- 

 less, while those in bags were perfect 

 in every respect. Not every cluster 

 bagged, however, was perfect. Some 

 would have a berry or two affected, 

 others more. Occasionally one was 

 found entirely destroyed. That bags 

 are a great protection is abundantly 

 proven in ray experience. I wish I 

 could affirm or believe it was absolute. 

 The quality of the grapes bagged is not 

 in the least impaired. The appearance 

 is improved, the bloom is perfection 

 and the general appearance of the clus- 

 ters more attractive to the eye than 

 are those grown outside. I think the 

 ripening is generally retarded a few 

 days, but it is none the less perfect. 

 My experience summed up is this : 

 That by bagging I am sure of securing 

 a reasonable amount of fine fruit ; with- 

 out it the result is extremely proble- 

 matical. To put it more plainly, on 

 my grounds, as far as the choice varieties 

 are concerned, bagging constitutes just 

 the diffei-ence between success and fai- 

 lure. If I want to be sure of fine 

 clusters of so common a variety as 

 Concord I bag them. — E. Williams. 



IN CONNECTICUT. 



My first experience in bagging grapes 

 was on a very limited scale four years 

 ago, with very little faith that there 

 could be any good in it. However, to 



