STRAWBERRIES— continued 
quality, however, will go a long way toward 
making up this deficiency. This berry finds 
a ready sale in any market. 
New York 
New York (Perfect)— The plant is one of 
the largest and healthiest on the place. The 
foliage is light green, a luxuriant grower and 
free from disease. It is very prolific; bears 
through a long season. The berries are very 
large, some rather pointed, while others are 
thick and broad. The color is red with a 
shiny surface. The seeds are so near the 
same color as the berry and deep set that 
they are scarcely noticeable. Small berries 
have no show by the side of the New York, 
no matter how cheap they are offered. Its 
excellent quality and wonderful productive- 
ness make it very profitable to grow. It is a 
prize-winner, just the kind to make the 
grower famous in his local market and give 
him the best trade. It is not firm enough to 
ship long distances, except under refrigera- 
tor. The New York has gained in popularity 
until it is today one of the largest-grown va- 
rieties for the home garden or local market, 
and it is seldom that we have plants enough 
to supply the demand, especially to those 
who order late. We have many glowing ac- 
counts of its superior quality from our cus- 
tomers. One customer says: "The New 
York is of immense size and very produc- 
tive. ' ' If you have never planted the New 
York you should not fail to do so. 
Oom Paul (Perfect) — Mr. Kevitt of New 
Jersey says this is the largest berry he ever 
fruited. The first season he fruited it he 
sold every box for 25 cents, one box selling 
for $10, it had six berries in it; he says also 
that it is a marvel of productiveness. 
Parsons (Perfect) — Very popular variety. 
Berries begin to ripen at midseason and con- 
tinue until Gandy comes in. Dark red, thick, 
blunt, mild, fine in flavor and looks. Plants 
healthy, sturdy and produce twice as many 
crowns as other sorts. Parsons will thrive 
and is a favorite nearly everywhere by rea- 
son of its good qualities. 
Sample (Imp.) — Of large size, quite firm, 
commences to ripen mid-season and continues 
till very late, keeping up a continual supply 
of large berries to the end. The foliage is 
large and healthy, blossoms imperfect, fruit 
of good quality. It is truly a marvel of pro- 
ductiveness and a variety which will yield 
dollars to those who plant it. 
Stevens Late Champion (Perfect)- — This is 
one of the most profitable and productive late 
berries we know of, and seems to do well in 
almost all soils and locations. Berries large 
in size, dark red, and firm. 
Success (Perfect) — This is the largest and 
best extra early berry we have ever fruited; 
would not be a good shipper, but for a nearby 
market can't be beaten for its season. 
Sharpless (Perfect) — A well-known and 
popular variety, producing large berries of 
mild, pleasant flavor. Berries are large, color 
bright crimson. Its large, handsome fruit and 
good quality have made it a favorite. Mid- 
season. 
Raspberries 
Before strawberries are entirely out of the way, the delicious raspberries begin to 
ripen and if right varieties have been selected, there need be no break in the continuous 
supply, both for home and market. The latest strawberries lap over into the season of the 
early raspberries so perfectly that there need be no light loads to market or sparsely filled 
dishes on the table. Land that will grow good crops of corn or potatoes, will make fine 
raspberry land if thoroughly pulverized and well enriched. Raspberries are mostly planted 
in rows fivo or six feet apart, with plant two or three feet in the row. They should be 
pinched back when two or three feet high and allowed to branch freely, and so form strong, 
stocky bushes that stand without staking. This is termed the "hedge row" plan. Its 
attractiveness comes of its being the cheapest method, and if it is to be followed, it is 
better to plant rows not less than seven feet apart and keep canes well thinned out, so as 
to have ample room for air and sunlight. The objection to the pinching or cutting back in 
this plan is that, from the excess of lateral branches thus forced out, there is apt to be too 
hoavy a set of fruit, which never comes up to the fullest size that any particular variety is 
capable of. 
Raspberries are a very profitable crop, for when a plantation is once established it 
will continue in liberal fmitfulness from six to ten years. 
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