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Mr. Sawyer. The Clarke does well with me. It is the best 

 variety I have. 



Mr. Varney. I have tried it several years. It would seem to 

 grow well enough, and the stock would be hardy enough but I 

 never could get a perfect berry. It is possible that there is some 

 deficiency in my soil. Of black kinds the Mammoth Cluster and 

 the Seneca do well. I have also the Golden Thornless. Its berry 

 is the best of all, and in market it sells well, though it is not so 

 juicy as some others. 



Mr. Fernald. I have cultivated raspberries and blackberries 

 for some time, and some j'ears I have had an abundance of them 

 for the family. I have the Golden Thornless and the Brinkle's 

 Orange. As Mr. Varuey says, the latter is the best raspberry 

 among us. I have the Sable Queen and the Wilson's Early black- 

 berries, but I think we shall have to discard them, as they kill 

 badly above the snow. The Lawton also suffers from extreme 

 cold weather, and is not hardy enough for this State. The Kitta- 

 tinny is very hardy, my canes stood five feet from the ground. 



President Gilbert. Is the Kittatiuny hardier than Wilson's 

 Early ? 



Mr. Fernald. It is with me. My Wilson's Early killed out, 

 while the Kittatinny survived. 



Mr. Varney. A word more about strawberries. Two years 

 ago I raised an enormous crop of them. I sold from an eighth of 

 an acre a little over 600 boxes. They netted me 35 cents per box 

 for the whole crop, boxes returned. They were on a piece of flat, 

 high ground. The following year they blossomed well, and I 

 might have got six quarts from the whole piece. I have raised 

 strawberries ten years, and once in three or four years I get an 

 abundant crop. I have the Wilson's Albany and the Nicanor. 

 The Green Prolific is not fruitful with me. I have another straw- 

 berry, the Col. Cheney, which I think is the best of all. Those 

 are about all the varieties that I have. I think that with experi- 

 ence there will be found to be nfbre profit in raising strawberries 

 than any other small fruit. 



Mr. Gilbert. On what does the crop depend ? 



Mr. Varney. On the season. Two years ago Gen. Tilton raised 

 a great crop of strawberries. The next year they died, because, 

 as he said, they were not mulched. The next year he didn't have 

 much of a crop, they were killed by mulching them. My experi- 

 ence is, that on land not much exposed, it is as well not to mulch 

 at all. 



