No. 4.] SMALL FRUITS AND BERRIES. 101 



a bulletin on the subject of its cultivation. One thing very 

 necessary to success with these small fruits is a strong love 

 for the business ; indeed, no calling in the world demands the 

 entire interest of the man at the head so much as farming, 

 and especially this form of fruit farming. There are so 

 many details and so much close, exacting work connected 

 with it that the person who is used to farming with large 

 machinery is apt not to make a success of small fruit 

 growing. 



Selection of Location. 



Those of us who have farms in well located places can de- 

 cide whether or not we care to grow these small fruits, — 

 that is, whether or not we are adapted to the business or the 

 business to us; but to those selecting a new location a few 

 essentials are very necessary for success. Eirst, we must be 

 reasonably near a market, or we may be a good way from a 

 market, providing we have first-class transportation facili- 

 ties. Cape Cod is not considered near the Boston market, 

 yet strawberries from its extreme end are sent to Boston as 

 quickly and as cheaply as from points under 40 miles, and, 

 furthermore, the fruit arrives in as good condition. This 

 is chiefly due to the different method of transportation, for 

 while the cape depends on the railroad, the nearer places 

 depend on horse-drawn vehicles. 



There is an ever-increasing demand for Cape Cod land for 

 the growing of the strawberry, not only because the land is 

 cheap and good, but because berries grown there are much 

 earlier than those in other parts of the State, and fruit of 

 the choicest varieties can be produced and delivered in Bos- 

 ton from one week to ten days earlier than from localities 

 west or north of that city. I have seen cape berries selling 

 in Boston on the Tth of June at 50 cents a quart, while no 

 other native berries appeared until the 17th of June. Such 

 points as these should be carefully considered before locating 

 to grow small fruit crops. 



The land itself sliould be what is commonly known as good 

 corn land, and if all varieties of these fruits are to be grown, 

 a part of the land for currants and gooseberries should be 

 fairly heavy and moist ; indeed, moist conditions arc very 



