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Raspberries. 



Mr. A. Rowe, Stoneham, Mass. — I wish to grow raspberries for 

 market and am not sure which variety will be best for this section, 

 ten miles north of Boston. Nice fruit brings a good price in Boston 

 and vicinity. My land is a deep, sandy loam, and I have got it pretty 

 rich with manure. I wish to consider the size and quality of the 

 fruit in connection with its productiveness and hardiness. Which of 

 the three varieties, the " Philadelphia," " Monmouth cluster," and 

 " Clark" would you advise me to plant ? Would either or. all of the 

 above require to be laid down and covered during winter ? What 

 kind, bearing nice and large fruit, will thrive well in this climate with- 

 out being covered % 



Mr. A. S. Fuller — The Philadelphia would probably be hardy in 

 Massachusetts, but the fruit is only of medium size, dark, dull pur- 

 ple color, and only second rate in quality. The Monmouth cluster is 

 a black raspberry, and will not command so large a price as the red 

 sorts. The plants, however, are hardy and very prolific. The Clark 

 is a splendid variety, very large, and of a light crimson or scarlet 

 color. It is also one of the hardiest of its class, but it would not be 

 safe to leave the canes unprotected in the vicinity of Boston. If our 

 correspondent desires to cultivate varieties that will command the 

 highest price in market he will have to give the plants protection in 

 winter. It only costs fifteen to twenty dollars per acre to protect the 

 plants with earth, and that is a small sum in comparison with the 

 increased value of the crop. 



Adjourned. 



March 26, 1872. 



Nathan C. Ely, Esq., in the chair ; Mr. John W. Chambers, Secretary. 

 Tree Peddlers. 



Mr. H. B. Zarnell, Illinois, Penn., wrote concerning a tree-peddler 

 who is perambulating his neighborhood with intent to deceive. 



Mr. A. S. Fuller — The Club can give no better advice than to let 

 such questionable characters alone, and if trees are wanted send the 

 orders direct to some one of the five thousand nurserymen who 

 advertise in all the journals. 



Mr. P. T. Quinn — The value of a tree depends upon whether or 

 not it is true to name. A man who prepares his ground and sets 

 trees, and, at the end of five or six years of patient waiting, finds he 



