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markets. But it should be remembered that a taste for 

 any particular fruit is often — or in fact, usually — acquired, 

 not being, strictly speaking, natural. This is not only the 

 case with individuals, but communities. We see the truth 

 of this exemplified in many cities, where, ten years since, a 

 dozen crates of strawberries or raspberries would supply 

 the market ; but at the present time a hundred similar 

 crates would be considered a very insufficient amount, not 

 because the inhabitants have increased in a similar ratio, 

 but because they have acquired a taste for such fruits and 

 consider them as necessities. Thus it is that the demand 

 far exceeds the supply, and probably will continue to do 

 so, until the farmers in the immediate vicinity of the mar- 

 kets learn that fruit-growing is really (when properly con- 

 ducted) a j^leasant and profitable business. 



BLACKBERRIES. 



The number of varieties of Blackberries in cultivation 

 is not so large that we can not readily determine, after a 

 very slight experience, which are really the best. Among 

 the older kinds the New Rochelle and Dorchester are the 

 best known. They are both good varieties, and cultivated 

 in many localities with profit ; still, they h^^ve their faults, 

 and fruit-crrowers have been looking^ for somethinor better. 

 Whether such kinds have been produced is not fully deter- 

 mined, but the probabilities are that they have. 



The most prominent among the new varieties, and the 

 ones that give the greatest promise of superior excellence, 

 are the Kittatinny and Wilson's Early. The first is very 

 superior in flavor, very hardy, of large size, and productive ; 



