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acid ; excellent quality and valuable for the table. The finest of the 

 white sort. Very distinct from White Dutch, having a low, spread- 

 ing habit, and dark-green foliage. Very productive. 



BLACKBERRIES. 



Snyder. — The berry for the masses ; perfectly iron-clad ; immense 

 bearer ; fruit medium to large size, sweet and melting. While the 

 Snyder is the only berry generally tried, which has stood the test, we 

 would recommend for further trial Ancient Briton, and Stone's Hardy. 



Agawam. — Excellent for the home garden, and very desirable, as 

 an abundant supply of good berries may be raised with but little 

 trouble. Canes very hardy and productive. Berries of fair size, so 

 sweet as to have gained for it the name of the " Sweet Blackberry ," 

 and, unlike most blackberries, fully ripe as soon as black. Midseason. 



McCracken. — New, hardy, very productive; fruit large size and of 

 the best quality. Valuable for the north. 



GOOSEBERRIES. 



Industry.— A new foreign variety that promises to be a valuable 

 acquisition. It has been grown in this locality the past four years, 

 giving the best of satisfaction ; an immense yielder, and has shown no 

 signs of mildew. 



Houghton's Seedling. — A vigorous American sort ; very productive ; 

 free from mildew. Fruit medium, roundish, smooth, of a pale-red 

 color ; tender, sweet and of a delicate flaver. 



Downing. — A strong, vigorous grower, and abundant bearer ; heavy 

 foliage, protecting the fruit; large size, oval, greenish-white, inclined 

 to yellow. 



Smith's Improved. — Fruit large, pale greenish-yellow, skin thin, ex- 

 cellent quality, not surpassed for table or cooking. 



BLACK RASPBERRIES. 



Gregg. — The largest berry of the black caps; very firm, good 

 shipper ; quality not quite equal to the Mammoth Cluster ; very pro- 

 ductive ; the best for market. 



Tyler. — One of the finest black caps ; great bearer, early, good size, 

 fine flavor, best for drying. 



Hopkins, (Cap.) — Nearly as early as Doolittle, very much larger 



