15 



,000 per 

 liars per 

 on land 

 ) to $150 



leaohed 

 •es, to be 

 ►e under- 

 , named 

 than the 

 . And if 

 hey will 

 will grow 

 tie, if any 

 rked and 

 ultivators 

 and vines 

 mulched, 

 lat strav/- 

 poor. 



the "slip- 

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 far better 

 pig'Weeth. 

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of thorns, 



isideration 

 3 varieties 

 lat it costs 

 rate a row 

 where the 

 ng that 

 occupied, 

 irfect and 

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bitter ex- 

 that had 

 [art in the 

 Itted rows 

 Irough the 

 Irows uear 



them, that were set late in the Spring, or on now sod 

 ground and that died out badly, leaving long vacancies, 

 yielded but half a bushel to a bushel of fruit, or really only 

 about one fourth as much — both costing the same to pre- 

 pare the ground, cultivation and labor, the same tax and 

 interest on land, and the same, if not more, work in mulch- 

 ing and mulching material. It is right here that many 

 make a failure in the business. They set any way almost, 

 and very Irvte in the season, and then if plants die out badly 

 and the rows are full of A*acancies, they get a small crop, 

 and the cry is heard, •' It don't pay.'' Another important 

 point is to 



SET OUT THE LARG-EST AND FINEST SORTS, 



even if they do not yield over half to two-thirds of the 

 smaller kind. Such varieties as Sharpless, Triomphe de 

 Gandy and Jucunda, always command the highest prices, 

 and if there is a glut in the market, such will always sell at 

 payiag rates. Let us illustrate this more clearly by a few 

 ligures, taking the average prices in New^ York market on 

 the Wilson's Albany and the largest sorts, and an average 

 crop on a w^ell kept acre. We got 100 bushels of Wilson's, 

 which sell in New^ York at \2\ cents per quart, $4 per 

 bushel, amounting to $400. Deduct picking, 1^ cents per 

 quart, |48 ; commission 10 per cent., $40 ; express charges, 

 80 cents per bushel, $80 ; loss and wear and tear of crates 

 and baskets one season to ship 100 bushels that distance, 

 $25, and we have an aggregate of $193. Now take an 

 average crop of the larger sorts named — 60 bushels, and 

 the average price in New York the past season, 25 cents 

 per quart, or $8 per bushel, and we have $480. Deduct 

 picking, 1 1 cents per quart, $38.40; commission. 10 per 

 cent., $48 ; express charges, 60 cents per bushel, $48 ; loss 

 and wear and tear of crates and baskets, 3-5 of the above 

 $25 — $15 — and w^e have an aggregate of $14940. Now 

 deduct the iirst figures $198, from $400, and we have $207 ; 

 and the last, $149.40, from $480, and w^e have $380.60— 

 thus shewing what is gained by growing the larger sorts 

 for such a market. We would say, however, that there 

 will not be this diflference in prices in the smaller towns, 

 and that near such, the Wilson's pay much the best, as the 

 consumer cares less for the appearance and more for the 

 reality. Then again, there are times in the large cities 



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