80 MY GARDEN WHAT FRUITS WERE CULTIVATED. 



fill mine, and this well-established fact must en- 

 ter into the grower's calculations. 



During the year '72, the receipts from the 

 Blackcaps and red raspberries were not kept 

 separate, and I can only give the aggregate of 

 both, which was fifty-four bushels and seven 

 quarts, selling for five hundred and seven dol- 

 lars, this being a slight advance on the previous 

 year. 



The last small fruit of the summer I consider 

 a truly noble one. 



If I have a weakness for anything that cc mes 

 out of the garden, it is the Kittatinny blxck- 

 berry, when fully ripe. The majority in our 

 cities hardly know the real taste of this fruit 

 for two reasons. First, the berry is black be-- 

 fore it is ripe, and is picked a day in advance of 

 its true perfection ; and in the second, if it is to 

 be sent any distance, it is too soft in its fully 

 matured state to bear carnage. 



