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YIELDS 



In reply to the question, "What do you consider 

 a fair average yield per acre of black -caps?" figures 

 were received from fifty -eight growers. Computing 

 the average from all these replies as accurately as 

 possible, we have for the answer 2,493 quarts, or 

 nearly seventy-eight bushels, per acre. The majority 

 gave the number of quarts or bushels which they con- 

 sidered an average ; others placed their answer in the 

 form of "from seventy -five to one hundred bushels," 

 and two gave what they considered high or maximum 

 yields, making it a little more difficult to get the 

 exact average. 



The lowest estimate given as an average yield was 

 576 quarts, the highest 9,600 quarts. Probably neither 

 of these are extensive commercial growers. The lat- 

 ter estimate is very interesting as showing what can 

 be done with the best culture, for it comes from a 

 very intelligent fruit-grower, mainly interested in 

 other lines, and who evidently bases these figures on 

 the yield in his own home garden, as his replj^ is 

 given in the form of "sixty quarts to the square 

 rod." A majority of the estimates range from two 

 thousand to three thousand two hundred quarts. One 

 grower, whose answer to the question is "seventy-five 

 to one hundred and twenty-five bushels," adds: "We 

 give closer attention to many of the points in berry 

 culture than most growers, and really average better 

 than I give you." 



These figures are entitled to a large degree of con- 



