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raspberries of the fence corners, when fruit so much better and more 

 easily and cheaply procured can be raised in the garden. 



Of the Philadelphia, he says it avouM be the. berry for the million 

 on account of its hardiness and great productiveness, were it not that 

 its dull mouldy color gives it the appearance of having been picked a 

 long time, for Avhicli reason it does not sell as readily nor command 

 as good a price as berries of a brighter color ; and besides it has not 

 so high a flavor as some other sorts. Yet its productiveness is very 

 great, yielding, he thinks, a third more than any other variety he has 

 tested. 



The Highland Hardy is hardy, very productive, and the fruit of 

 good color but small, yet with good cultivation it pays well on account 

 of its earliness. 



The Clarke combines as many good qualities as any berry with 

 which he is acquainted, and is one of his favorites. It is hardy and 

 productive, and the berries large, bright colored, and fine flavored. 

 Its most serious defect is that it is too soft to ship long distances, but 

 an excellent variety for a home market. 



The Brandywine is the best for shipping to a distant market on 

 account of the firmness of the fruit, but the berries are small, and the 

 plants sucker badly. 



Of the new varieties, he says that the Pride of the Hudson, which 

 was introduced with such a flourish of trumpets, (see Vol. 1, p. 135), 

 has not done well with him. He also was not fortunate with the 

 Delaware. The Amazon is a second edition of the old Belle de Fon- 

 tenay, yielding berries in the fall. Arnold's Biadem seemed to him 

 when he first saw it to be the berry he had been long looking for, light 

 colored, hardy, and of the character and quality of the Brinkle's Orange, 

 but it disappointed him by yielding one-third of the crop red berries, 

 and the balance nothing like what he saw on Mr. Arnold's grounds. 

 However, he proposes to give it further trial, and see if he can fathom 

 this singular freakishness. Saunders' Hybrid he had an opportunity 

 of testing through the kindness of Mr. Saunders, and found it enor- 

 mously productive and very hardy, also yery fine for cooking, and 

 canning in particular, but does not think it will ever become a popular 

 market fruit on account of its peculiar purplish maroon color. 



Of the black-cap sorts, he cultivates for market the Davison's 

 Thornless and the Mammoth Cluster, the former for its earliness, and 



