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care or expense ; and somebody has likened it to the Canada 

 thistle as regards hardihood. It also produces an enormous 

 quantity of fruit ; but unless the plants are thinned out, and 

 the ground is well enriched, the berries are quite likely to be 

 small. I have seen berries of the Crescent grown in single 

 hills, with runners kept off, that came pretty nearly up to some 

 of our large berries in size. 



There seems to be a wide difference of opinion in regard to 

 the Beloiont. In some localities it does wonders, and in others 

 it does not bear much fruit. In .still other places it rusts badly. 

 When we first tried it I was at once struck with the beautiful 

 light-green foliage, and its rank, luxuriant growth, without a 

 trace of rust, on our grounds. When it came to bear it created 

 much merriment by its queer sbape long, and pointed at both 



CUMB TRIUMPH. 



MAY KING. 



CAPT. JACK. 



