SMALL FRUIT CROPS 



The Currant grows well throughout northern Europe, the north- 

 ern part of the United States, and also in Asia. Currants are 

 largely used in making currant jelly, and it is estimated that no 

 less than ten million quarts of currant jelly are made in the United 

 States every year. 



EXERCISES 



1. If a crop of thirty bushels of strawberries to the acre is only about 

 proportionate to a corn crop of ten bushels on the same ground, compare the 

 relative values of five acres of each when an acre of strawberries produces 

 one hundred and twenty-five bushels of fruit worth twenty-five cents a quart, 

 and an acre of corn produces forty bushels of grain worth thirty cents a 

 bushel. 



2. Estimate the relative cost of production of each of the crops mentioned 

 above and calculate the profits in strawberry culture. 



3. Visit some nursery, if possible, and learn something about the culture 

 of blackberries and raspberries, and estimate the comparative values of an 

 acre of each crop. 



4. Secure estimates on the amount of coffee used annually in the United 

 States and calculate the expenditure for the same. 



5. Study the injurious and stimulating effects of coffee. 



QUESTIONS 



1. Discuss raspberries and their culture. 



2. Describe blackberry culture. 



3. What are the distinct characteristics of the loganberry fruit ? 



4. Describe the dewberry. 



5. Discuss the strawberry. 



6. Describe the cranberry industry. 



7. Discuss (a) huckleberries, (6) mulberries. 



8. Describe the coffee berry. 



9. Where is coffee grown ? 



10. Describe the preparation of coffee for the market. 



11. Discuss the cacao tree and its fruit. 



12. Give the history of the cacao tree. 



13. Describe the gooseberry and the currant. 



REFERENCES 



The Fruit Garden, Barry. 



How the World is Fed (Industrial Reader), Carpenter. 



Small Fruit Culturist, Fuller. 



North America and South America (Geographical Reader), Carpenter 



Cranberry Culture, Joseph J. White. 



Strawberry Culturist, Andrew S. Fuller. 



