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As regards irrigation, abundance of water is required 

 up to and including the fruiting season. All cultivators 

 agree in this ; the more the supply of water the larger the 

 berry and the greater the crop. 



VARIETIES. 



Almost every variety has its faithful defenders. But, 

 in fact, we can hardly go amiss in selecting among the older 

 and well-established varieties. The Wilson, as a market 

 berry, here as elsewhere, can hardly be surpassed. In the 

 east, among a hundred claimants for popular favor, it holds 

 its own ; and though we have heard of one grower, at least, 

 in Northern Colorado who has discarded it to the extent of 

 giving plants away to those who would take them up out 

 of his ground, in order to make way for a better variety, 

 still one is apt to think that this bed of Wilson must have 

 suffered from neglect rather than because it was an inferior 

 berry. In the last edition of the Fruit Catalogue of the 

 American Pomological Society, the Wilson is reported upon 

 favorably from thirty-six different states, and double-starred,, 

 or highly recommended, in twenty-seven of them. Charles 

 Downing stands second and Triomphe de Gand third in the 

 list. After these the following stand in the order named: 

 Kentucky, Longworth's Prolific, President Wilder, Green 

 Prolific, Agriculturist, Hovey's Seedling, Downer's Prolific 

 and Nicanor. In Minnesota W 7 ilson leads the list, followed 

 by Charles Downing, Downer's Prolific, Green Prolific and 

 Crescent Seedling. 



We group together the opinions of various fruit cul- 

 turists in Colorado as to varieties, as follows : 



H. McAusTER: I would, for this section, select them 

 in the following order : Cumberland Triumph, Miners' Great 

 Prolific, President Wilder, Sharpless, Triomphe de Gand, 

 Monarch of the West and Jucunda. The Wilson and Cres- 

 cent are very prolific, but are only regarded as good by 

 those whose tastes have been ruined by rum and tobacco.. 



