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variety. The soil should be quite rich and it 
will yield heavily of fine large, firm, bright- 
colored berries that can be shipped to any part 
of the country. They ripen a little before 
Souhegan. 
The Crimson Bkauty 
is a beauty in every respect. It is nearly a 
pistillate and does not do well unless set near 
Hansen or some perfect flowering variety. The 
canes are large and vigorous and very pro- 
ductive, following close after Hansell. 
The Cuthbert 
is called the queen of the market. Berries 
very large and firm, of bright red color and of 
great beauty. One of the best shippers, and in 
every respect the best late red berry grown. 
Our main crop is of this variety. There is some 
complaint about tenderness, but we have never 
lost a crop. 
Golden Queen 
is undoubtedly a sport of the Cuthbert and 
a magnificent berry. It is of a bright yellow 
GREAT CROPS ON 
color and in flavor and ^Towth the same as 
Cuthbert. It is one of the most beautiful of 
all fruits in the can. 
BLAt'KBKKltlKS 
are among the most profitable of all the small 
fruits grown if properly managed, and yet 
there are more failures with this berry than 
any other kind. They find a ready market at 
all times. Indeed, I do not believe there is a 
village or city except in the north woods prop- 
erly supplied with this luscious firuit. 
The wild berries are fast disappearing and 
even now are confined almost wholly to the 
north woods. It has its season and there is no 
other fruit to take its place. I have never sold 
them for less than raspberries, and they will 
produce nearly double the amount per acre. 
Cause of Failure 
arises more generally by going into an old patch 
and digging up suckers and old plants than 
from any other cause. Occasionally a sucker 
may be found that will answer the purpose 
very well, but in nine times out of ten they will 
never make proper roots. The roots frequently 
start on one side or one long root starts out as 
the main feeder, sometimes running twenty or 
thirty feet. The sap from the feeding roots 
having to flow through this long root are con- 
tinually throwing up suckers and absorbing 
the strength of the plant to the exclusion of 
fruit. 
The Propitahle Way 
is to plant only root cuttings taken from 
selected canes bearing the heaviest crops of 
