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feet apart. Prune closely as soon as leaves drop in Fall, and 

 pinch back during Summer, after fruit is formed, and until 

 after picked. Leading varieties, hardy and reliable here. Con- 

 cord, Hartford, Ives, Delaware. There is no trouble with 

 most varieties of grapes in this localit}-. Catawba and Isa- 

 bella require more severe pruning and pinching to secure good 

 clusters and berries than any other. The Norden is a promis- 

 ing grape with us. The white, or green varieties, Martha, 

 Lady Elvira, and Goethe, give good crops, and bring good 

 prices. Everybody grows Concord, and hence prices of this 

 variety are often very low. 



BERRIES. 



I have planted blackberries, raspberries, currants, and 

 gooseberries, one plant midway between fruit trees, twelve 

 feet apart, and the plants each four feet apart bet»veen apple 

 and clierry trees. Blackberries and raspberries are kept 

 trained to stakes. These, with currants and gooseberries, aro 

 kept d'beplv mulched at all times. Strawberries I also culti-' 

 vate between fruit tree rows, allowing to grow in matted rowd 

 two feet wide, also mulched. 



Wilson's Earl}'' bhickberry I have found most profitable. 

 The Snyder does Avell, but is not so good a berry, nor does it 

 bring so good a price. Kittatinny and Lawton often give fair 

 crops. 



Our native wild Black Cap raspberry is a most excellent 

 variety, improves with cultivation, and taken all in all, is the 

 most desirable we cultivate. The Gregg and Thuack give sat- 

 isfaction. The same ma}^ be said of Seneca, Turner, JNIiami, 

 Clarke, Philadelphia. I have all these varieties. This season 

 I have planted, in addition. Pride of the Market, Hudson, and 

 Cuthbert. 



Wilson's Albany is the Old Reliable strawberry, after 

 all. I have growing, and have fruited, Crescent, Forest Rose, 

 Downing, Capt. Jack, Colfax, Green Prolific, INIonarch of the 

 West, and many other new and modern varieties. All straw- 

 berries, with me, are good. The boy, you will remember, 



