56 YALE AGRICULTURAL LECTURES. 



The Fastolff, Franconia, and Red Antwerp are very fine. Most 

 of those sold as Red and Yellow Antwerps are spurious. The 

 best everbearing varieties are the Ohio Black Everbearing, the 

 Merveille de Four Seasons, and the Belle de Fontenay. 



The blackberry may have the same cultivation as the rasp 

 berry, and it may also be shaded by trees without injury. 

 Capt. Beverly, of Needham, Mass., introduced the improved 

 high-bush blackberry. The proper way to gather Lawton or 

 New Rochelle berries for the family is, to jar the canes with a 

 hammer, and catch the berries which fall. The others and 

 these are those sent to market are not fit to eat. Never leave 

 more than three canes in a hill, and have no suckers growing 

 near the bush, if you want fruit. If you wish plants for sale, 

 do otherwise, of course. Cut back your canes as soon as they 

 have borne their crop, pinch off the ends of the shoots in Sep 

 tember, and again in spring ; by which plan you will throw 

 the strength of the vine into fruit-bearing on the laterals. 



The cranberry, on bog lands to which a dressing of sand has 

 been added, should give fifty bushels per acre the first year 

 after planting, one hundred and fifty bushels the next, and so 

 on up to four hundred and fifty bushels, as a maximum. 



The gooseberry is a fine fruit for family use. With me, said 

 Mr. Pardee, it has never mildewed. I know not why, unless 

 it is because I grow them in the tree form, give them clean 

 culture, and in the spring give them abundance of soapsuds. 



The whortleberry is difficult to transplant, but with care it 

 may be made to produce abundantly. 



The currant is one of our very best small fruits. Like the 

 raspberry, it cannot be manured too highly. Those who culti 

 vate only the Red or White Dutch Currant, do not know what 

 a good currant is. The best kinds grow to the diameter of 

 five-eighths of an inch, and are as much finer in flavor as supe 

 rior in size. The following are, in my opinion, the best varie 

 ties : La Versailles, La Hative, Cherry, White Gonduoin, and 

 White Provence. 



