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The question first arising is, What shall we plant? 

 As before, I shall give the selection of eminent 

 authorities, then suggest to the reader the restric- 

 tions under which he should make a choice for 

 his own peculiar soil and climate. 



Dr. F. M. Hexamer, the well-known editor of a 

 leading horticultural journal, is recognized through- 

 out the land as having few, if any, superiors in re- 

 cent and practical acquaintance with small fruits. 

 The following is his selection : " Cuthbert, Turner, 

 and Marlboro." The Hon. Marshall P. Wilder's 

 choice: "Brinckle's Orange, Franconia, Cuthbert, 

 Herstine, Shaffer." The Hon. Norman J. Colman, 

 Commissioner of Agriculture : " Turner, Marlboro, 

 Cuthbert." P. J. Berckmans, of Georgia : " Cuth- 

 bert, Hansel, Lost Rubies, Imperial Red." A. S. 

 Fuller : " Turner, Cuthbert, Hansel." 



In analyzing this list we find three distinctly 

 foreign kinds named : the Orange, Franconia, and 

 Herstine. If the last is not wholly of foreign ori- 

 gin, the element of our native species enters into it 

 so slightly that it will not endure winters in our 

 latitude, or the summer sun of the South. For 

 excellence, however, it is unsurpassed. 



In the Cuthbert, Marlboro, and Lost Rubies we 

 have hybrids of the foreign and our native species, 

 forming the second class referred to ; in the Tur- 

 ner and Hansel, examples of our native species 



