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certain varieties of fruit, yet it is strange tliat there 

 should be a difference in the quality of this berry, and 

 all kinds should bear a uniform price. 



The Bugle cranberry, or egg shaped, large and 

 small, is a good variety. It is pale in color, not so 

 deep and dark a crimson as some other varieties, 

 neither is it valued so highly by those producers who 

 are acquainted with the qualities of the Bell or Cherry. 



The Cherry is round and large ; of this there are two 

 varieties, large and small. It is hard, its color dark 

 almost black when properly cultivated. jSee Plate 

 lio. 10. 



The Bell is the favorite of some of the most exten- 

 sive cultivators of the cranberry. It is a large variety, 

 and grows in some parts to great perfection. 



The Southern cranberry will ripen, but it is small 

 and light, consequently not so valuable. 



The cranberry grown in those regions of country m 

 which the season is too short for them, cannot be so 

 valuable as they otherwise would be. 



The cranberry produced on Cape Cod attains greater 

 perfection than it does in any other country with 

 which we are acquainted. It is larger : it is deeper in 

 color ; it will keep better than any other. 



The " Cape Cod Bell Cranberry" and the " Cape 

 Cod Cherry" now take the lead, and must continue to 

 do so ; and we think that the time will come when 



