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thing to be ascertained by those who intend planting 

 these fruits extensively is, whether there is a good mar- 

 ket, and one that is not likely to be overstocked. Then 

 find out what kinds are the best suited to the location. 



For instance, if one is located in a section where the 

 Eed Antwerp and similar foreign varieties succeed, then 

 it would be safe and perhaps preferable to plant them in- 

 stead of others, because their fruit always commands the 

 highest price in the market. 



In many places at the West, as well as at the East, 

 these varieties succeed, if protected in winter, and two to 

 six hundred dollars per acre is no uncommon amount to 

 be derived for the fruit ; still there are many locations 

 where no amount of care will make them yield enough to 

 pay for their culture, consequently other varieties must 

 be selected, or Easpberry culture be abandoned. 



The Blackberry, as a general thing, does not bring 

 quite so large a price in market as the Raspberry, but the 

 yield per acre is often greater, so that the returns will be 

 about equal, although, as a rule, they are not generally 

 considered as profitable a fruit as the Easpberry. When- 

 ever Peaches are plentiful, then late varieties of the Black- 

 berry sell at a very low price. The cost of cultivation, 

 gathering, and marketing these berries, is usually from 

 one-fourth to one-third of the gross receipts obtained for 

 the fruit. 



