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deeply until their season of rest is over, say the last of August" I think 

 this view sound. 



Mr. E. B. Underhill, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., said that he "valued 

 the Golden Defiance for late fruit. The Glendale is more vigorous. I 

 think highly of the Champion and Kentucky. The Duncan is our best 

 early of those well tested. As the mid-market in this section will prob- 

 ably be glutted with Crescents, I shall take great pains with the 

 Cumberland Triumph, which, picked in pints (on account of its softness), 

 will yield almost as well, and bring more dollars than any sort I have 

 tested yet." 



From Mr. Frank S. Ailing, I learn that all the small fruits succeed 

 finely on the shores of Puget Sound, Washington Territory. 



I will close this chapter of experiences with a very interesting letter 

 from the Rev. Mr. A. A. Von Iffland, of Quebec, who gives an admirable 

 statement of the conditions of success in the latitude of Northern Canada. 

 It will be seen that his light, warm soil makes a difference of several 

 degrees of latitude in his favor. 



" My soil is of a light, gravelly nature, with a subsoil of coarse sand. It 

 requires annual applications of large quantities of manure to bring about the best 

 results, but then yields generous returns. It is warm and quick, and so porous that 

 it can be worked almost immediately after the heaviest showers. Plants form roots 

 in this soil with 'marvelous rapidity. All kinds of vegetables can be successfully 

 cultivated. Potatoes, tomatoes, squash, corn, carrots, parsnips, melons, cucumbers, 

 beans, and peas are grown to perfection. Of course, it is liable to suffer severely 

 in a drought an evil which I find is best obviated by plenty of barn-yard manure 

 and cultivation. The climate is doubtless severe, and the winters long, but the 

 abundance of snow affords the best kind of protection and is of the greatest 

 possible advantage in the culture of small fruits. Winter sets in with us some- 

 times as early as the first of November, sometimes not till the middle of December, 

 and the snow has not disappeared from the vicinity of the fences till the last week 

 in April. The average depth of snow is 4^ feet, and we have cold spells of three 

 or four days at a time, when the glass varies between 20 and 30 degrees below 

 zero. 



" STRAWBERRIES. 



" I think that all the varieties which are cultivated in the United States can be 

 cultivated here under the same conditions of soil. I grow successfully the Colonel 

 Cheney, Triomphe de Gand, Wilson, Charles Downing, Nicanor, Green Prolific, 

 Monarch of the West, Seth Boyden, but have discarded Jucunda and Kentucky. I 

 have had the greatest success with the Cheney, Charles Downing, Wilson, and 



