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is a question. There probably is more work entailed in grow- 

 ing the dewberry. 



"Gooseberries seem to be a fruit for which there is little 

 demand. A few can be sold green, while there is a limited 

 call for them for canning, but I have never seen a season with 

 any large demand. It has always seemed strange to me that 

 people did not use them more extensively, especially for can- 

 ning purposes. I think they would pay fairly well if a market 

 could be found for them. 



"I am afraid currants can seldom be made to pay any great 

 profit. They have been very low in this section for several 

 years, and the sale has been rather dull even at the low 

 prices. One of the causes of this has been the placing upon 

 the market of so many gelatines and jellies that take the 

 place of the real jelly, of which more was formerly made from 

 fruits. This also affects other fruits, but probably not to such 

 an extent as the currant. 



"Grapes are another small fruit of which considerable quan- 

 tities can be sold, but the price is altogether too low to offer 

 any great inducement to plant, unless for some purpose other 

 than selling for eating. 



"There has been a large increase in the planting of small 

 fruits in the last few years. As far as I have been able to 

 learn, as much was set last year as usual, and in many local- 

 ities even more. I have noticed that many nurserymen have 

 reported for the last year the largest sales ever made. This 

 would go to prove more extensive planting. I have also no- 

 ticed that a great many who have been growing fruit more 

 or less send out cards or small catalogues, stating they have 

 small fruit plants for sale, and what they would naturally sell 

 added to the sales of the established firms would prove con- 

 clusively that the acreage of small fruits must have been in- 

 creased to a large extent. The widespread drought had a 

 very serious efifect upon the newly planted fields, as the growth 

 was naturally checked, and many died outright. This will 

 undoubtedly somewhat curtail the crop of fruit for the coming 

 season, and may be a benefit generally. It certainly must be 

 if there was an over-planting, as many think was the case, 

 but I can see nothing else to cause any great change either 



