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June 12 : Ripening freely now. Dark red color and 

 dark red flesh. Large, to very large, good quality, 

 roundish, heart-shape, often with a slight neck, gen- 

 erally regular, often ribbed, but not coxcombed. Vine 

 healthy. Prolific at this time — more so than in pre- 

 ceding years. June 19 : Still a large number of green 

 and ripening berries. June 22 : Of all the berries ripen- 

 ing at this date, Yale is preferred for quality, shape and 

 productiveness. It is a fine late berry, never before 

 quite appreciated as such by The K. N.- Y. 



Clara, from the Cleveland Nursery Co., March, 1889 

 (Bis.) — Plants healthy, berries fair quality, conical, 

 necked. June 18 : Many large berries ripening, and 

 many green still. Quality fine. June 22 : It is now 

 bearing large quatities of berries both ripe and green of 

 medium to large size. It appears to be later than 

 Gandy. June 23 : Suffering from rain. Berries soft 

 and decaying. June 29 : A few green berries. Season 

 practically past. 



Eureka, from the Cleveland Nursery Co., Cleveland, 

 O., March, i88g (nearly P.) — June 10; just beginning 

 to ripen. Large size, flavor medium, June 19 : Large 

 number of green berries. Much the same may be said 

 of this as of Clara. This season both are later than 

 Gandy, of good shape and fair quality, June 23 : Ber- 

 ries soft and decaying. 



Seedling No. 3, from T. R. Hunt, Lambertsville, N. 

 J. (Bis.) — Plants thrifty. Berry medium red. Coni- 

 cal, heart-shaped, often with truncate tip — sometimes 

 green. Rather acid. June 10: Generally green tip. 

 Quality medium — quite productive. June 12 : A prom- 

 ising late berry, now at its best. Heart-shaped, in- 

 clined to conical. Good quality, large to very large. A 

 handsome berry. Vines healthy. June 19 : A few ber- 

 ries, both ripe and green. June 23 : Past. 



Seedling No. i (P.), from T. R. Hunt, as above. — 

 Vines vigorous. Medium as to season. Heart-shape, 



large, regular, of ten with white tips, colored flesh, medium 

 quality. Much like No. 3. The quality is not so good. 

 June 19 ; A large number of ripe berries. More pro- 

 ductive now than No. 3, with an equal number of green 

 berries. June 23 : About past. 



Everbearing, from Seth Winquist, Russell ville, 

 Oreg. — "a chance seedling of 18S2" (Bis.) — Thrifty 

 vines, suckers freely. Berries heart-shape, regular, 

 glossy crimson medium size, fine quality. Spring set 

 plants. 



Tippecanoe, from M. Crawford, April, 1890. — Ber- 

 ries large, heart-shape, truncate, scarlet, rather soft, 

 mild quality — not very productive. These plants have 

 been interfered with by potato vines. 



Augur's No. 70 (P.) or Middlefield, from P. M. 

 Augur, Middlefield, Conn., August 24, 1887. — Fine 

 plants, large leaves on tall stems. Berries light scarlet, 

 fine flavor, not firm. Heart-shape, very regular. Suck- 

 ers freely ; productive. It is a fine home berry Mid- 

 season. 



Wabash, from J. A. Foote, Crawfordsville, Ind., Sep- 

 tember, 1887 (Bis.) — Berry irregular, dark red, flesh 

 red — finest quality. Harmed by potato vines. 



miscellaneous. 



Edgar Queen (J. C. Vaughan). Spring-set plants. 



Shuster's Gem up to June 12 was our most prolific 

 variety, and the berries were large during its entire sea- 

 son. It lacks in quality and might be a better shape. 



Hampden is not remarkable in any way. The height 

 of its season this year was June 12. Peduncles weak, 

 and the berries lie on the soil. Medium size, running 

 to both small and large. Red flesh, not high-flavored. 



Gandy ripens late, and is of excellent quality. Heart- 

 shape, generally regular. Large to very large. 



The season was dry in the early portion, then wet, 

 and finally, very dry Soil a rich, mellow, sandy loam. 



E. S. Carman. 



THE FAMILY FRUIT GARDEN. 



CORRESPONDENT says: "Can- 

 not you direct those of us who 

 wish to set out a small garden of 

 fruit for home use so that we shall 

 avoid mistakes in varieties, cul- 

 ture and prices, and get returns as 

 soon as possible ? " That is exactly 

 what a fruit lover would like, and 

 I will undertake to do it in very 

 few lines, which I trust will be clear enough. 



(1) Do not attempt too much. Get catalogues of the 

 reliable firms. Burn up all that look like circus post- 

 ers, and consult carefully the sober ones. 



(2) Get your ground clean and well drained. Be pre- 

 pared to carry off surface water so that the ground 

 shall not be washed. Get out the quack roots beforehand. 



(3) You want the following fruits : Strawberries, rasp- 



berries, blackberries, currants, gooseberries, grapes. 

 Around the plot, or across it, should run rows of cher- 

 ries, plums, apricots, quinces and peaches, if in a peach 

 climate. The size of the plot is your business. Better 

 small to begin with, during the kindergarten period, 

 which all fruit growers have to go through. 



(4) For strawberries, select Cumberland and Bubach. 

 You will have time to add more, but these two will fill 

 your soul as well as your mouth. Grow them in hills 

 till you know how to manage rows. 



(5) For raspberries, select Cuthbert and Golden 

 Queen. For blackcaps, take Palmer and Gregg. For 

 purple, take Shaffer's Colossal. Grow all of them in 

 rows six feet apart. Tie the canes to wires fastened to 

 posts twenty feet apart. Cut back to five or six feet. 

 Set blacks four feet apart in the row ; reds one foot apart. 



(6) For blackberries, select Agawam and Taylor. 

 Set them on one side where they can have the ground 



