best thing to be done by those who find 
themselves in this position, is to set pot- 
grown plants, or early layers of the present 
season's growth in August and September. 
These if carefully attended will give a fair 
crop of berries the following season. 
BIDWELL. 
Those also who wish to propagate a stock 
of plants of some new variety for spring set¬ 
ting can do so by planting now. 
So many new varieties are placed before 
the public annually that it is hard for a 
novice to select the right kind without con¬ 
siderable experimenting on his own part, 
or carefully noting the experience of those 
who have experimented with the same pur¬ 
pose in view. As a help to all who are in¬ 
terested we append a few notes both from 
our own observations and others whose 
*E 
CUMBERLAND TRIUMPH, 
opinions we think worth consulting. 
SHARPLESS. 
Among the best of those of one or more 
year’s introduction, which should be re¬ 
tained in every collection, we will first 
name the Bidwell. This originated with 
Mr. Benj. Hathway, of Michigan, a gentle¬ 
man not unknown to fame as the author of 
“Art Life” and other volumes of poetical 
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