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tender and are so strong and stocky that they cannot be laid 

 down and covered. The fruit is not ripe when it is black, and 

 when fully ripe is very soft. But it is large and of very good 

 flavor, and tlie bushes continue long in bearing. 



There are other new varieties concerning which great thingi 

 are asserted. I hope fuller experience will enable me to report 

 favorably upon tliem. 



