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fruit per bushel of green fruit. Moreover, the true 

 reds dry to a dull, unattractive color, which must ever 

 prove a hindrance to their sale. It is difficult to get 

 people to pay a satisfactory price for a thing which 

 does not look well. The Shaffer is one of the best va- 

 rieties for evaporating purposes. It is a prolific, often 

 an enormous yielder. It is intermediate between the 

 red and black, rich and of good flavor. Moreover, 

 when dried it has a much more attractive appearance 

 than the Cuthbert. There is, therefore, reason to sup- 

 pose that the cultivation of this for evaporating pur- 

 poses might pay, though probably not so well as the 

 cultivation of black -caps. Certain it is that, whatever 

 the variety, if the market should become glutted at any 

 time during the season, and facilities for evaporating 

 are at hand, it should be done by all means, rather 

 than let them waste. The dried fruit is sure to find a 

 market, and probably at a price which will yield a 

 fair return for the crop. If the fresh fruit will sell 

 at reasonable prices the question of evaporating need 

 never be considered. The conditions hardly warrant 

 planting them for evaporating alone ; certainly none 

 of the true reds, though Shaffer may pay. 



DURATION OF PLANTATIONS 



Like the blackberries, red raspberries can be made 

 to continue producing from the same plantation for a 

 number of years, though it is doubtful whether it ever 

 pays to do this. There are so many causes tending to 

 weaken the plants, and render them less productive 



