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a half inches in diameter. The red raspberries are the only 

 ones that possess in an eminent degree the essential quali- 

 ties of a first-class fruit. The Turner is the hardiest of all ; 

 it stands hard winters, produces well, and is easily handled. 

 Clark and Philadelphia are also good. The Cuthbert is said 

 to be the coming raspberry of the country. 



J. H. NEWCOMB : In a long discussion at one of the 

 sessions of the El Paso Horticultural Society touching the 

 raspberry, a gentleman thought the Clark was the best red 

 berry that could be grown in Colorado. It was tender, 

 however, and must be buried in the winter. The Gregg 

 was the best Black Cap. 



The following experience by Mr. A. N. Hoag, as given 

 at a Farmer's Institute held at Fort Collins, covers the 

 ground so completely that we give it entire : 



"As I have been called upon for an article on ' Small 

 Fruits and Their Culture,' I will say that I can only give 

 my own experience, which is very limited, being but an 

 amateur. I have succeeded well with raspberries, straw- 

 berries, currants, gooseberries, and a variety of other fruits. 

 Six years ago the grasshoppers left me four plants of the 

 Doolittle Imperial Raspberry, which were very much in- 

 jured, from which I have propagated until I have a half- 

 acre of as fine bushes as you would wish to see, besides 

 selling about 2,000 plants. Those of my own setting have 

 been very remunerative for the past two years. Although 

 the hail of the 24th of last May cut me short at least two- 

 thirds of a crop, I picked as high as 101 quarts of fine 

 berries at a picking, which brought me 35 cents per quart 

 at wholesale. My mode of setting has been varied. Some 

 of them I set 6x8, others 6x6, and others 4x4 feet apart. 

 Those set six feet apart are more easily worked and picked, 

 and, on the whole, are more remunerative. Those only four 

 feet apart are too much crowded, are unhandy to get among 

 to pick or cultivate. Still, there are some advantages in 

 close planting, as the bushes protect each other from the 



