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SUPPLEMENT T© THE RURAL WEW-YORKER. 
any large collection. Different conditions of 
soil, access to market and modes of culture 
will vary tbe ‘ best selection,” so that no one 
limited list will meet every case fully. 
From F. K. Phcknix, Delavan, Wis.: 
My selection of two raspberries of each color 
would be:—red, Marlboro and Cuthbert for 
both family and market; black, Souhegan and 
Gregg or Ohio for both family and market, 
Strawberries:—Crescent, Manchester for 
market ; Duncan, Sbarpless for family use. 
From Ex-Gov. Robert W. Furnas, Brown- 
ville, Neb.: 
I would select for black raspberries for home 
use, Nemaha (this is our native seedling) and 
Gregg; for red, Cuthbert and Early Prolific; 
for market, black, Nemaha and Mammoth 
Cluster; red, Brandywine and Reliance. 
Strawberries, for home use, Cumberland and 
Forest Queen; for market, the old Wilson and 
Capt. Jack. 
From Geo. W, Trowbridge, Glendale, Ohio: 
Raspberries, home use, black, Tyler and 
Shatfer; red, Turner and Cuthbert. Market, 
black, Souhegan and Gregg; Red, Hansell 
and Cuthbert. 
Strawberries, for home use, Cumberland, 
Triumph and Crescent; for market, Wilson 
and Crescent. 
From Sec. N. Ohmer, Dayton, Ohio: 
For this vicinity I would plant: Strawber¬ 
ries. for market, Crescent and Sharpless; for 
home use. Crescent and Cumberland. 
I would plant raspberrries: black, for mar¬ 
ket, Gregg and Souhegan; for home use, 
Gregg and Mammoth Cluster; red, for mar¬ 
ket, Cuthbert and Thwack; for home use, 
Turner and Hansell. 
There may be others that are, and do bet¬ 
ter, but I speak for varieties I know, and for 
my own soil and location. 
From J. J. Harrison, of Storrs & Harrison, 
Painesville, Ohio: 
It is somewhat difficult to decide as to the 
best two raspberries and strawberries for 
home use aud market, as the character of the 
soil has much to do with success with any. 
From our experience, I would call Souhegan 
and Gregg the best black raspberries for mar¬ 
ket, and possibly for home use too. Red rasp¬ 
berries, Hansell aud Cuthbert for market; 
for home use, Superb and Cuthbert. 
Strawberries: Wilson and Sharpless for 
market: Jucuuda and Cumberland for home. 
From Pres. T. T. Lyon, South Haven, Mich : 
Coufiuing the list to well proved varieties 
and, in strawberries to those having “perfect” 
flowers, my preference, for home use, would 
foe—strawberries, Bid well and Cumberland; 
red raspberries, Reeder and Shaffer ; black¬ 
caps, Souhegan or Tyler and Ohio. For mar¬ 
ket I would choose, of strawberries, Miner, 
and Sbarpless or Kentucky; red raspberries, 
Reeder and Cuthbert; black-caps, Ohio aud 
Gregg. These selections would, no doubt, be 
liahle to variations in accordance with varia¬ 
tions of soil, etc. 
From Prof. W. R. Lazenby and W. J. 
Green, Columbus. Ohio: 
Strawberries for market, Crescent Seedling 
and Miner’s Prolific; for home use, Cumber¬ 
land Triumph aud Miner’s Prolific. Rasp¬ 
berries for market, Gregg, Ohio (Tyler or 
Souhegan where early berries are profitable). 
Turner, Cuthbert. For home use, Shaffer's 
Colossal, Tyler, Gregg and Turner. There 
are other varieties about as good as those 
named, but these certainly cannot fail to give 
satisfaction. Many of the newer varieties cer¬ 
tainly promise well; but we refrain from 
recommeding them until we know more about 
them. 
From Evart H. Scott, Ann Arbor, Mich. 
I would select two varieties as follows : 
black raspberries for home use, Tyler and 
Gregg; for market- Souhegan and Gregg. 
Red raspberries for borne use. Turner and 
Cuthbert; for market, Hansel! and Cuthbert. 
Strawberries for home use, Cumberland 
Triumph and Chas. Downing; for a near mar¬ 
ket, Mt. Vernon and Manchester; for a dis¬ 
tant market, Wilson and Crescent. 
From Sec. C. A. Garfield, Grand Rapids, 
Michigan. 
My soil is a gravelly loam. It gets very 
cold on my place in Winter, so I have to look 
“a leetle out” in my selection of varieties. 
For home use, I should, among black-caps, 
choose the Doolittle and Ohio. Of the reds, 
Turner and Cuthbert. 
Of strawberries, I would select Cowing’s 
Seedling and Cumberland. 
If I could have but one raspberry for 
home use, I should discard all I have named 
and take Shaffer. I left it out, questioning 
where it should be placed in your classification. 
I do not know very much about the market 
business. For a.near market I should choose 
the same varieties throughout, so as to furnish 
to the customers that I knew, just as good sorts 
as I ate at my own table. For a^distant mar¬ 
ket the Hansell will hold up better than the 
Turner, and I should in many localities sub¬ 
stitute Gregg for Ohio, but not upon my own 
farm, because Gregg has for three Winters 
been impaired by severe weather. 
I am inclined to thiuk that in strawberries 
were I marketing at some distance, l should 
choose Wilson and Crescent. And as a matter 
of practical import, I should not be very par¬ 
ticular what style of pollen fertilized my 
Crescents, provided there was plenty of it. 
From John S. Collins, Moorestown, N. J : 
For best black cap raspberries for market, 
I would have Tyler aud Souhegan and Tyler 
and Gregg for home use; red raspberries, 
Marlboro and Rancocas for market; Marl¬ 
boro and Cuthbert for borne use. Straw¬ 
berries, May King aud Parry for market aud 
home use. Of the older and better tested 
varieties of strawberries, I would select Cres¬ 
cent and Cumberland Triumph for market, 
and Charles Downing and Mt. Vernon for 
home use. 
From John T. Lovett, Little Silver, New 
Jersey: 
I consider the best early and late red rasp¬ 
berries for borne use are Hansell and Cuth¬ 
bert; for market, Hansell and Cuthbert. The 
best two black raspberries for home use, early 
and late, Centennial and Gregg; for market, 1 
Souhegan and Gregg. 
The best two strawberries for home use are 
Warren for early, and Manchester for late. 
The two l> 6 st for market, Old Iron Clad 
for early, and Manchester for late. Of 
strawberries, I would make different se¬ 
lections for different soils, but the above I 
think will give the greatest satisfaction in 
more cases than would any other I could name. 
From John Saul, Washington, D. C.: 
I have selected for the two best red raspber¬ 
ries, first, Turner, a strong grower, profuse 
bearer of fine-colored fruit, very hardy, and 
the most valuable red raspberry with me; 
second, Cuthbert, which succeeds well here. 
Black, Mammoth Cluster and Gregg. 
Strawberries for home use, Charles Down¬ 
ing aud Cumberland Triumph. Strawberries 
for market, Charles Downing aud Sbarpless. 
From W. C. Barry, Rochester. N. Y : 
Raspberries for home use, Clarke and Hor¬ 
net, red; Tyler, Mammoth Cluster, black; 
raspberries for market, Highland Hardy and 
Cuthbert, red; Tyler and Gregg, black. For 
home use nothing surpassesor even equals the 
Brinckle’s Orange. It will repay the trouble 
of giving it some protection. 
Strawberries for home use, Sharpless and 
Triompbe de Gaud; for market. Crescent and 
Sharpless. 
From Dr F. M. Hexamer, New York: 
The best two black raspberries for ordinary- 
cultivation are the Souhegan for early, and 
and Gregg for late. Of the red varieties Turn¬ 
er is best for early, aud Cuthbert for late. 
Strawberries for home use, Charles Downing, 
Cumberland; for a near market, Crescent, 
Champion; for a distant market, Manchester 
and Wilson, firmness being the main requisite 
in a shipping berry. 
From Charles A. Green, Clifton, N. Y : 
In answer to your inquiry I would name 
black raspberries of the older sort fur market 
or homeuse,Gregg and Tyler: red raspberries, 
Cuthbert and Shaffer. Strawberries, James 
Vick and Manchester. I assume that tbe Ru¬ 
ral does not refer to the newer varieties, as I 
do not know enough about them, aud they are 
beyond the reach of many, in price. In other 
localities other strawberries would be prefer¬ 
able to those I name. 
From J. H. Hale, South Glastonbury, Ct.: 
For profit here in Connecticut, on our soil— 
a rich sandy loam— Souhegan for early, and 
Gregg for late, are our two best black cap 
raspberries; of red varieties, Marlboro and 
Cuthbert, although the former has been fruit¬ 
ed only in a small way for two seasons. I 
know very little about what it will do on other 
soils than our own. 
Of strawberries either Manchester or 
Windsor Chief will pay us one-third more 
profit per acre than any other sorts we have 
ever grown. For family use, I would plant 
Souhegan and Gregg black cap raspberries, 
and Herstine and Cuthbert for red, not for¬ 
getting the Caroline for yellow, and Miner’s 
Prolific and Mrs. Garfield strawberries. The 
latter is the finest flavored variety we have 
ever grown, and to make the family garden 
still more complete, I would add the good old 
Kentucky, Sharpless and the Crescent—tbe 
last to give away, or to eat if all the others 
failed; for it is a sure cropper even under un¬ 
favorable circumstances. The Ohio Black¬ 
cap and Shaffer and then a few more Cuth- 
berts; for first, last and all tbe time it is the 
one best red raspberry for all purposes. 
From P. M. Auguh, Middlefield, Conn.: 
Raspberries are so easy of culture, so ex¬ 
cellent in a sanitary point of view, so good an 
appetizer, so delicious a fruit and, witbal, so 
nutritious a food, so easily gathered and at 
once so ready for the table, that every family 
should be supplied with this valuable fruit, 
either from its home garden or the nearest 
market. Again, this fruit is so readily 
canned, so cheaply dried aud so good either 
fresh, canned or in the dried state, that at 
all seasons of tbe year it should be abuudant 
in all our markets. 
Culture: Take good land, previously well 
manured, and plant either in continuous lines 
four feet apart, next the division line on the 
margin of the gardeu; or, if iu an extended 
plat for field culture, plant iu rows both ways 
six by six, staking every hill aud cultivating 
by horse both ways. Have no missing places, 
but rather put two good plants to the hill, 
with plenty of caues for a full crop, which 
should be a heavy oue. By pinching in at 3)4 
to four feet, the lateral branches and fruit 
spurs should be numerous and bear a most 
abuudant crop. There may be room for 
various opinious here as to the best two varie¬ 
ties, but from my standpoint for either home 
use or market, considering hardiness of plaut, 
vigor of growth, productiveness and a fair 
quality, I would try the Souhegan for early, 
and tbe Ohio Black cap for a succession, 
omittiug the Gregg on account of its liability 
to winter-kill; or another selection might be 4 
Centennial Black-cap and Mammoth Cluster. 
For reds, agaiu considering hardiness aud 
productiveness, I would select Reliance aud 
Cuthbert; and among new-comers I feel 
strong confidence in tbe Marlboro as a strong, 
hardy, early, productive, large berry of good 
market quality, bound to attract the attention 
of market growers. 
What two strawberries for home use? I 
should never limit any person to two varie¬ 
ties; but for a succession from first to last, I 
would name Crescent, Gipsey, Sceneca Queen, 
Sharpless, Jewell and Prince of Berries. This 
list comprises earliness, health, vigor, high 
quality aud some of the very largest size, and 
runs over five weeks in succession. For 
market, Crescent and Charles Downing for 
early to medium in season, size medium; fol¬ 
lowed by Jewell and Sharpless: size large, 
season medium to late. 
From James M, Hayes, Dover, N. H : 
I consider the Gregg and Souhegan the two 
best black raspberries, both for home and 
market purposes. Of red raspberries for home 
use aud market, I think there are no two that 
will quite compare, all things considered, with 
Cuthbert aud Hansell. 
Of strawberries for home use, I prefer the 
Manchester and Sharpless, and for market, 
the Sharpless and Crescent. 
From Chas. E. Brown, Yarmouth, N. S.: 
Raspberries are not grown here to any ex¬ 
tent, and only for home use. I have never | 
seen any cultivated raspberries offered for ] 
sale. The wild raspberry grows very abun¬ 
dantly and is of good quality, selling at five to 
ten cents per pound. Black-caps do not suc¬ 
ceed: nor among several kinds that I have 
tried, have 1 found any of value, except the 
Red Antwerp. This is hardy, productive aud, 
we think, of fine quality; the fruit is also 
large aud perfect. 
As to strawberries,after about twenty years' 
experience, and having tested a great many 
kinds. I can only name one variety that is 
worth growiug for either home use or for 
market, and that is the Wilson. Strawberries 
grow to great perfection here, so much so that 
Boston dealers have assorted that Yarmouth 
strawberries are the finest shipped to that mar¬ 
ket, and yet, of all the varieties I have tested, 
I have never got fruit enough of any but Wil¬ 
son to supply the ttible for one day. 
Productiveness is the all essential point. Tbe 
Sharpless will give you one or two uncouth, 
monsters, never ripening; other kinds will 
give you a few beautiful, flue-flavored berries, 
but when you need live or six quarts, you 
must go the Wilson. I hope yet, however, 
to see some variety that will be as productive 
as the Wilson, and will surpass it in qual¬ 
ity. I grow a few seedlings myself every year, 
and have one now that for vigor of growth 
and for size of foliage and abundance of roots, 
is of great promise. It will fruit this season, 
but 1 have been so often disappointed that I 
long since resolved to let other people test the 
new kinds. 
From A. M. Smith, St. Catharines, Ont.: 
Straw berries, for home use, Early Canada 
and Mary Fletcher; for market, Crescent and 
Wilson. Red raspberries, for home use, Her¬ 
stine and Cuthbert; for market, Highlnud 
Hardy aud Cuthbert. Black raspberries, for 
home use, Souhegan and Gregg; for market, 
Souhegan and Gregg. 
The abova would be my selections for the 
country at large, taking long shipments, etc., 
iuto consideration. For local markets there 
are others that rniEht be preferable for mar¬ 
ket. I have not yet tested the Marlboro or 
the Hansell thoroughly. 
From W. W. Hilborn, Arkona, Out.: 
Of the*Ved raspberries, 'Turner and Cuth¬ 
bert; and of the black, Tyler and Gregg7ar© 
my choice for either home use or market. In 
strawberries, it is rather difficult to [mako'a 
choice of only two varieties, as there’are no 
two that I have ever grown that will com¬ 
pletely fill the hill, either for home use or 
market. For market, were I limited to two 
varieties, I would plant Crescent aud Wilson, 
but would like to add Manchester for late. 
For home use I would name Cumberland 
Triumph aud Manchester. Cumberland can 
be growu in the same bed for many years and 
produce good crops. 
Some of the newer varieties are very valu¬ 
able for either home use or market, but one or 
two seasons are not sufficient to prove them 
to be better than some of the older sorts. 
From Sec. J. C. Huntington, Excelsior, 
Minn.: 
For market or family use I would, for this 
locality, recommend among red raspberries 
the Turner and Philadelphia, and among the 
blacks Seneca and Doolittle. 
Among strawberries, for general use and 
profit, I consider the Wilson first, and the 
Crescent next. 
From A. A. Wright, Renfrew, Ontario • 
Canada: 
We have great difficulty, so far north, in 
getting raspberries hardy enough to with¬ 
stand our severe climate. Occasionally there 
are seasons when mjow comes early, and in 
such quantities as to cover the bushes, and 
thus afford ample protection. But these are 
very exceptional, and consequently we are ob¬ 
liged to protect the canes by layiug them down, 
which at best is an expensive and trouble¬ 
some undertaking. As yet there is an abun¬ 
dance of wild raspberries sold on the market 
at such a rate as not to guarantee the expense 
of growing raspberries, except iu an amateur 
way. Among the reds Cuthbert is certainly 
the best; although late in ripening it is well 
worth waiting for. The cold-resisting powers 
are found to the greatest extent iu Saunders’s 
No. GO; but in quality it is iuferior to the 
Cuthbert, and not prepossessing in color, being 
a sort of purplish black. For our northern 
sectious it is, however, an acquisition. Among 
the blacks Gregg, when well pinched back and 
grown low, has given the best satisfaction. 
Strawberries can be grown in greater varie¬ 
ty, as they are more earily protected. Wil¬ 
son seems to be tbe general favorite, although 
of late many are -speaking in warm terms of 
the Crescent Seedling. Those of my neigh¬ 
bors who have tested it spoke of it in the high¬ 
est terms. I consider it one of the best we 
have. As for me, it produces more fruit with 
less trouble thau any berry on my grounds. 
For a very large, showy berry I have none 
that surpasses the Sbarpless, but as it is so irre¬ 
gular in shape aud berry, also less productive 
for the labor spent on it than these last men¬ 
tioned varieties, I grow it in limited quanti¬ 
ties only. 
From Prof. S. M. Tracy, of Missouri State 
University, Columbia, Mo.: 
For Central Missouri I regard Hopkins and 
Gregg as the best black raspberries, and Tur¬ 
ner as the best red, for home use. For market, 
Hopkins aud Gregg for black; Turner and 
Tli waek for red. 
Of strawberries, Crescent and Cumberland 
for home use; Crescent and Monarch for 
market. 
From II. M. Engle, Marietta, Pa.: 
So far as tested on my grounds, Souhegan 
and Gregg among black raspberries would be 
my choice for home use or murket; and among 
reds, Turner and Cuthbert for home use, and 
Brandywine and Cuthbert for market, I am 
not prepared to say which of Hansell, Crim¬ 
son Beauty or Rancocas I would prefer for 
earliest; but am inclined to Crimson Beauty. 
Among strawberries for my pl.\et\ I would 
place Sharpless at the head for either home 
use or market. I would add Crescent for home 
use aud Mt. Vernon for market. 
From W. H Cassell, Canton, Miss : 
The two best raspberries, so far tested here, 
are, black-caps, Doolittle aud Gregg; red. 
Turner and Cuthbert. The Turner has been 
grown in the largest quantity for market; but 
even that to u comparatively limited extent, 
our berry growers preferring the strawberry 
for profit. It is shipped in pint boxes, packed 
in the usual berry crates. Raspberries of all 
kinds are greatly benefited by mulching here, 
to protect them during tbe protracted droughts 
of Summer, which occur to some extent nearly 
every season. Some new varieties are beiug 
tried, such ns Hansell. Marlboro, etc.; but it 
is too early to determine their merits. 
Strawberries, for homo use, Wilson and 
Comber land. For market, Wilson is gene¬ 
rally grown, and has been found most profit¬ 
able: the uext most profitable, so far, is Char¬ 
leston or Neiman. A great number of varie¬ 
ties huve been, aud ure beiug, tried, some 
developing superior excellence in certain diree 
tions, hut of those bo far thoroughly tested 
i there; is,none , 1 ‘prefer; to" the’ varieties name 
