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or even the Baldwin, yet if it produces twice the quantity of the 

 Greening, as I think it does, and sells for even a quarter less by 

 the barrel, there is still a great advantage in its culture. But 

 there would not be that difiFerence in price. To sum up, my 

 advice would be 1, 2, 3 of my list. (R. I. Greening, Talman's 

 Sweet and Hubbardston Nonesuch.) To plant Baldwins where 

 the planter feels that he can take the risk of early death or decay, 

 or failure in quality, and Roxbury Russets only where high culture 

 is intended, and where its local success has been demonstrated in 

 similar situations in the planter's neighborhood, and to experiment 

 vigorously, but persistently with 6, 1 and 8, — (Ilurlbut, King of 

 Tompkins County and Northern Spy.") 



CULTURE OF THE GOOSEBERRY FOR MARKET. 

 By L. F. Abbott, {Frye, Jr.) Wilton. 



Of most people it may be said that they have their hobbies. 

 While in many instances the idiocratical in the make up of the 

 individual may be wholly unknown to himself, the peculiarity is 

 perfectly apparent to his friends. This may be my case. That I 

 have my hobby is probable ; possibly it may be in the direction 

 indicated at the head of this essay. But were I to be allowed to 

 express an opinion it would be in the negative. It might be bees, 

 bugs or botany, but not the gooseberry. But I believe in the 

 gooseberry, however, as a market fruit to be raised in Maine. 

 And notwithstanding our good brother McLaughlin of Bangor, 

 believes that fifty bushels a year of this fruit would supply the 

 Maine market, I still vote for the gooseberry as profitable to 

 raise to a reasonable limit. The markets of Lewiston and Auburn 

 are not half supplied in the season of this fruit. And what is true 

 of those two places is true of all the larger places in the State. 

 But we need not be confined to a home maaket. This fruit always 

 has found a ready sale in Boston for the limife,ed supply which has 

 been sent there. I think we need not be troubled for a market 

 for all we can raise. But are they profitable ? That's the ques- 

 tion that is to be answered ; and to discuss this part of the subject 

 and point out a method of culture that has proved successful, is 

 the purpose of this essay. 



As compared with Siraivberries. I believe that taking a half 

 acre of land and planting equal portions with gooseberries and 

 strawberries, and keeping it thus occupied for a term of ten years. 



