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earlier than the Haverland, which will outyield it two to one. 

 The Mammoth (bought for the largest berry) was a failure. 

 We got a dozen or two tremendous berries from our trial row 

 of 24 feet, but no larger than the Summit or Bubach gave at 

 the same time. After that the berries were few and inferior. 

 After all my trouble I am not sure to-day that I have any better 

 berries, all around, for my purpose, than Mr. C. sent me the 

 first year, the Sterling, with the Downing as a fertilizer. The 



former is a failure in hills ; but in thin matted rows it has done 

 grandly. Mr. C. said its only fault was short fruit-stems ; but 

 that is one of its advantages with me, probably, as the leaves, 

 I think, protect the fruit better from our late frosts. 



We have half an acre of berries now in full bloom (May 

 26), and another half-acre which we set out the first' of the 

 month. It may be of interest to some to know just what we 

 set out this spring, after all our experiments, and just the pro- 



