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unmixed. To each of these classes might be added 

 a score of other varieties which have been more 

 or less popular, but they would serve only to dis- 

 tract the reader's attention. I have tested forty 

 or fifty kinds side by side at one time, only to be 

 shown that four or five varieties would answer all 

 practical purposes. I can assure the reader, how- 

 ever, that it will be scarcely possible to find a soil 

 or climate where some of these approved sorts will 

 not thrive abundantly and at slight outlay. 



Throughout southern New England, along the 

 bank of the Hudson, and westward, almost any 

 raspberry can be grown with proper treatment. 

 There are exceptions, which are somewhat curious. 

 For instance, the famous Hudson River Antwerp, 

 which until within a very few years has been one 

 of the great crops of the State, has never been 

 grown successfully to any extent except on the 

 west bank of the river, and within the limited area 

 of Kingston on the north and Cornwall on the 

 south. The Franconia, another foreign sort, has 

 proved itself adapted to more extended conditions 

 of soil and climate. 



I have grown successfully nearly every well- 

 known raspberry, and perhaps I can best give the 

 instruction I desire to convey by describing the 

 methods finally adopted after many years of ob- 

 servation, reading, and experience. I will speak 



