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BERRIES. 
GOOSEBERRIES. 
DOWNING — Fruit larger than Houghton: nice, 
upright, stocky grower, almost entirely free from 
mildew. Roundish, light green, with distinct 
veins; skin smooth, flesh rather soft, juicy and 
very good. 
SMITH’S IMPROVED-From Vermont. Large, 
oval, light green, with bloom; llesh moderately 
firm, sweet and good. V'igorous grower. 
BLACKBERRIES. 
One of the most ))rofitable fruits to gr<rw for 
market. Plant in rows eight feet apart ami 
three feet in the row. Give the best of cultiva- 
tion and high feed. Pinch back all new canes 
when they reach iS inches and the arms at 12 
inches. Keep the cro]i as near the ground as 
possible. Treat all sprouts as weeds. Cover 
in the winter, after bearing down the canes 
carefully and putting on a spade or two of 
earth to hold them down, with evergreen boughs 
or corn stalks. 
SNYDER -I s too well known to need a de- 
scription, but is the earliest of the trio, viz; 
Snyder, .Ancient Briton and Stone’s Hardy. 
ANCIENT BRITDN — Is probably the most prof- 
itable blackberry grown. In (juality, is first- 
class. Productiveness not excelled if equalle. 1 . 
Should plant three-fourths of this variety, one- 
