1877.] 



THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



181 



EARLY PROLIFIC RASPBERRY. 



Our illustration represents a single stalk of 

 this magnificent plant, the berries being re- 

 duced to about two-thirds their natural size. 

 There were i:!8 berries on this stalk. A very 

 important and valuable peculiarity about tliis 

 variety of the r.aspberry is, that it has never 

 Iwen known to "winter-kill." Tliey have 

 stood successtully, and without a sinstle fail- 

 ure, the test of nine years fruiting, according 

 to the testimony of Mr. Felton, Merchantville, 

 Camden county, N. J., who is the originator 

 of them, and who has 

 had eighteen years ex- 

 perience in their culti- 

 vation. As Its name 

 implies, it is an early 

 fruit and coraes into 

 market immediately 

 after, ifnot simraultane- 

 ously with, the latest 

 strawberries. The plant 

 is .short-jointed, of a 

 stocky habit, having 

 very dark foliage, great 

 vigor of growth, and is 

 perfectly hardy, as above 

 stated. " The fruit is 

 large, roundish, coni- 

 cal, regularly formed, of 

 a dark-red color, and a 

 rich, brisk, vinous fla- 

 vor, somewhat inclining 

 to acid. These berries 

 were exhibited at the 

 'Ureat Centennial,' and 

 were highly commended 

 l)y the judges, ride re- 

 jiort published in the 

 (MUivator and Countri/ 

 (lentlerium. 



There are a great 

 many people who desire 

 to have fruit but do not 

 like to bestow much 

 time or labor in its cul- 

 tivation ; or they may 

 not have time to do any- 

 thing more than make 

 a hole in the ground 

 and stick a plant into it, 

 and then let it take care 

 of itself ; or, again, they 

 may be too negligent or 

 indolent to attend to 

 careful cultivation. 

 Now, if only one-half 

 can be realized that Mr. 

 Fenton realized, under 

 the most ordinary cul- 

 tivation, tiien hero is a 

 lierrythat will admira- 

 bly suit that kind of 

 people. AVe quote: "Mr. 

 F. has on the back part 

 of his place three acres 

 of unimproved land, 

 planted with these ber- 

 ries, which yield annu- 

 ally abundant crops, 

 without manure or cul- 

 ture. On the 5th of 

 July, 1870, he picked 

 from one row 21 yards 

 long and one yard wide, 

 with only ordinary cul- 

 ture, .58 pint boxes full 

 at one picking, or at the 

 rate of about 0,070 boxes 

 per acre, which at 10 

 cents per box, would 

 amount to the neat sum of $007 per acre, or 

 $6,070 for ten acres, at one picking, which 

 would hardly be one-fourth of the .season's 

 crop." Now, multiply this by four, as a whole 

 season's crop, and afterwards make reason- 

 able deductions for unforeseen contingencies, 

 and there still remains a wide margin of profit. 



These plants may be had by addressing 

 Messrs. Giuson & Rennktt, nurserymen, 

 Woodbury, N. J. Price, $.3 per dozen : S-20 

 per 100 ; $150 per 1,000. Half dozens, half 

 hundreds, and half thousands furnished at the 



same rates. Wliat can be raised in New .Jersey, 

 we tliink, could lie more than realized on the 

 rich soil of ]<aneasler county. 



ADDRESS.* 



Mr. Pkksidknt : As we are assembled 

 here to-day, representatives of the Lancaslei' 

 County Agricultural Association, a great 

 name indeed, the interi'St involves our jire- 

 .sent, and ol'icn our future welfare, as in lloly 

 Writ we, ilnd many hints and comparisons on 

 agriculture and its fruits, sucli as, they will 



come with joy and gladness, bringing their 

 sheaves with them; and no heart can feel 

 more joy and gladness than the farmer 

 in a good harvest, in his field with one sheaf 

 under each arm, and his mind free from all 

 care, but filled witli good prospects before him 

 for a good price for the in-odncts of his labor. 

 1 hold that Adam and Cain were the first 

 members of such an association, with Adam 

 as its President, who was sent forth outpf the 



"Read before the Lauoaater -Agricultural and Horticultural 

 S ety, MODdar, December 3d, 1ST7, hy Henry Kurtz. 



garden of Kden to till the ground. His first 

 •son, Cain, was a tiller of the soil, his second 

 son, Alx'l, was a keeper of the sheep. (Jenesis, 

 4th chapter. Through jealousy in the field, 

 Cain slew Abel, and the Lord cursed the til- 

 lage of Cain. In onr day it looks as though 

 the tillage was cursed for some of our farmers, 

 but we'rather attribute this last to our own 

 cursing and mismanagement in tillage. We 

 have before us a (Jerman article on agricul- 

 ture which may ha vt! been written hundreds 

 of years jigo, as the book from which I shall 

 lead, in the (ierman 

 language, is several cen- 

 turies old, which we can 

 apply to ourselves of the 

 present day with profit 

 to all. Although you 

 may say it is too olij to 

 harmonize with this pro- 

 gressive age, and is old 

 fogyisli, yet it may not 

 be " amiss to practice 

 some of its teachings. 

 Solomon, the wisest man 

 on earth, being wise in 

 spiritual, as well as tem- 

 I)(>ral things, says : "He 

 lliat observeth the wind 

 liall not sow, and he 

 li a t regardeth the 

 ouils shall not reap, 

 iikI he that receives no 

 instructions is a fool ; 

 liut the words of the 

 wise are as goads, and 

 as nails fastened by the 

 masters of assemblies 

 which are given from 

 one slieplierd. And fur- 

 ther, by these, my son, 

 be admonished; of many 

 books, there is no end, 

 and much Sjjeakiiig is a 

 weariness of the llesh." 

 And fearing I might be 

 wearisome to you will 

 conclude with liis cou- 

 clusion, "Fear God and 

 keep his command- 

 ments, for this is the 

 whole duty of man." 

 Let us therefore do 

 good, and improve our- 

 selves in culture, and 

 not be weary; in due 

 time we shall reap. 



To show what be- 

 ongs to agriculture, or 

 tillage of tlie ground, it 

 seems unnecessary to 

 mention anything, be- 

 cause it is known to 

 every person, and ex- 

 pressly because the dif- 

 ference is .so wide ill 

 dilTerent localities in 

 fields as well as in .soil, 

 as the instrumental 

 jiower used is greater at 

 one place than at an- 

 other. The fields are 

 cultivated also differ- 

 ently in different locali- 

 ties ; at one place oxen 

 arc used, at another 

 horses ; at one place one 

 pair is sufficient, at 

 tmother it takes four to 

 six oxen or horses. The 

 plows should be long 

 and naiTOW, and the plow irons long and 

 narrow, or they will take too much land, 

 whereby the ciilltivation will not be the 

 better and the draft is heavier. The plow- 

 iron should be of steel, need not be sharpened 

 so often, as it cuts easier and turns the .soil 

 better, and is smooth and cannot stick to 

 the plow. The harrows, rollers and i)lows 

 are of different kinds and make. In .some 

 localities the oxen cany the yoke on the 

 horns, at another by the neck ; here are the 

 fields broad and short, and there long and 



