5 SMALL FRUITS. 



be grown, as they can be grown profitably, with the least 

 knowledge of how to gather, pack or ship. 



The Doolittle and Davison's Thornless are about the 

 same in time of ripening, are medium-sized fruit and 

 .good bearers . The Doolittle is most profitable . Ellisdale, 

 Minnesota, Miama, Ohio Ever-Bearing^ Lum's Ever- 

 earing. Golden Thornless, Black Cap, Surprise, and 

 several others, are no better than hundreds of the old 

 wild American Black and White-Caps, to be found in 

 fence corners all over the country ; and a man owning 

 ground on which the natives grow, who should cut them 

 away for the purpose of planting either of the above, 

 -ought to be sent to a lunatic asylum or made to attend 

 Horticultural Conventions one year. It is questionable if 

 he got away from either with any improvement of mind 

 or judgment. 



Philadelphia is too we) 1 inown to speak of, for in quality 

 it is unworthy, and only for markets near by will it an- 

 swer, on account of the softness of the berry, but for a 

 market near by, and to supply at low rates it is profitable. 

 Mrs. Wood is equally productive with Philadelphia, and 

 for family use is a far superior berry. It is of a purplish 

 red and matures its crop late. It is a larger berry than 

 any other belonging to the hybrid class of a cross between 

 the common American Black and the foreign varieties. 



The Miami, McCormick or Mammoth Cluster, all one 

 and the same, should be, with Mrs. Wood, the only two 

 of our natives to cultivate. 



Many more varieties of these classes* might be noted 



