BERRIES, 
GOOSEBERRIES. 
DOWNING — Fruit larger than Houghton: nice, 
upt ight, 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 — h'rom Vermont. Large, 
oval, light green, with bloom; flesh moderately 
firm, sweet and good. Vigorous grower. 
BLACKBERRIES. 
One of tile most profitable fruits to grow for 
market. Plant in rows eight feet a)>art and 
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 crop as near the ground as 
possible. Treat all sprouts as weeds. Cover 
in the winter, after bearing down the canes 
carefully and jmtting on a spade or two of 
earth to hold them down, with evergreen boughs 
or corn stalks. 
SNYDER -Is too well known to need a de- 
scriiJtion, but is the earliest of the trio, viz: 
Snyder, .Ancient Briton and Stone’s Hardy. 
ANCIENT BRITON — Is probably the most prof- 
itable blackberry grown. In (juality, is first- 
class. Productiveness not excelled if equallel. 
Should plant three-fourths of this variety, one- 
