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the plants will need only a moderate degree of 

 fertilizing as they begin to lose a little of their 

 first vigor. Of course, if the ground is unusually 

 light and poor, it should be enriched and main- 

 tained in a fair degree of fertility. The point I 

 wish to make is that this variety will thrive where 

 most others would starve ; but there is plenty of 

 land on which anything will starve. The Cuth- 

 bert is a large, late berry, which continues long 

 in bearing, and is deserving of a place in every 

 garden. I have grown it for many years, and 

 have never given it any protection whatever. 

 Occasionally there comes a winter which kills the 

 canes to the ground. I should perhaps explain to 

 the reader here that even in the case of the tender 

 foreign kinds it is only the canes that are killed 

 by the frost ; the roots below the surface are unin- 

 jured, and throw up vigorous sprouts the follow- 

 ing spring. The Cuthbert is so nearly hardy that 

 we let it take its chances, and probably in eight 

 winters out of ten it would stand unharmed. Its 

 hardiness is greatly enhanced when grown on well- 

 drained soils. 



It now has a companion berry in the Marlboro, 

 a variety but recently introduced, and therefore 

 not thoroughly tested as yet. Its promise, how- 

 ever, is very fine, and it has secured the strong 

 yet qualified approval of the best fruit critics. It 



