30 The Connecticut Pomological Society 



the fruit separate. Unless the varieties look somewhat alike 

 they do not look as well in the same basket. 



"The question is often asked, 'What is the best berry to 

 fertilize with ? ' There are numerous good ones, but to get 

 the best results one needs to use a kind that will blossom at the 

 same time as the ones he desires to fertilize. He also needs to 

 look out, and get those which produce an abundance of pollen. 

 There are those who say that if you desire a firm berry you 

 must use a firm berry to fertilize with. I find opinions differ in 

 regard to this. 



"The covering of berries during the winter has become the 

 general custom. Many advocate covering before frost sets m. 

 I generally wait until the ground has frozen so that we can 

 drive over the field. My ground does not throw the plants out 

 to any extent, as it is mostly a sandy loam. 



"Now, as we ask, 'What is the future outlook' for small 

 fruits we must consider the market demands and conditions as 

 we find them at the present time. The strawberry, of course, 

 is the one most extensively grown of any of the small fruits, 

 and owing to the fact of this most sought-for and luscious fruit 

 bearing transportation well, it is sent into all sections, and, as 

 I have stated, it comes to us very early from the South, before 

 our own ripen, and we, in turn, send ours further north in like 

 manner. All sections where it can be grown to any advantage 

 are growing more than formerly, thus only leaving the market 

 open for outsiders before theirs ripen. The rapid transportation 

 of to-day allows them to be sent such long distances we all 

 suffer in the greater competition thus afforded. 



"Raspberries have sold at medium prices for several seasons. 

 Through winter-killing, and oftentimes the breaking of the 

 vines from snow, the profits are kept rather short. Then 

 again, when heavy rains occur during the picking season it 

 causes more of a loss than with any other of the small fruits. 

 We consider there is but little money in them until better 

 prices can be obtained. 



"Blackberries have sold fairly well, but not generally at 

 prices that will give profit enough to cause them to be planted 

 very extensively. Many are trying the dewberry, and we see 

 them advertised as the best paying of the blackberries. That 



