182 SMALL FKUIT CULTUKIST. 



six hundred dollars per acre is no uncommon amount to 

 be derived for the fruit ; still there are many locations 

 where no amount of care will make them yield enough to 

 pay for their culture, consequently other varieties must be 

 selected, or Raspberry culture be abandoned. 



In the last few years the Philadelphia Raspberry has 

 obtained a great reputation, not because its fruit is supe- 

 rior, or even equal to the best varieties of the Antwerp 

 class, but because the plant will thrive and produce enor- 

 mous crops in soils and locations where the best foreign 

 varieties fail. In Southern New Jersey the Philadelphia 

 is extensively grown, and four to eight hundred dollars 

 per acre are the usual returns from plants when in full 

 bearing condition. The Purple Cane is largely grown at 

 the West. It is hardy and very productive, but the fruit 

 is too soft for sending any great distance, and at the East 

 it has been replaced by other varieties. The Black Cap 

 Raspberries are also becoming quite popular among fruit 

 growers, and their cultivation is found to be very profitable. 



The Blackberry, as a general tiling, does not bring 

 quite so large a price in market as the Raspberry, but the 

 yield per acre is often greater, so that the returns will be 

 about equal, although, as a rule, they are not generally 

 considered as profitable a fruit as the Raspberry. When- 

 ever Peaches are plentiful, then late varieties of the Black- 

 berry sell at a very low price. The cost of cultivation, 

 gathering and marketing these fruits, is usually from one- 

 fourth to one-third of the gross receipts obtained for the 

 fruit- 



