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I Give You This Tip. Don’t Fail to Get Some of the 
Superb (Per.) — Produced by Sam¬ 
uel Cooper, the pioneer fall straw¬ 
berry man. The plants of Superb are 
good average sized plants, are strong 
growers and stand the winters best of 
all the kinds we have tested, with the 
possible exception of Americus. While 
the roots of Productive are large and 
fleshy, the roots of Superb are small 
and wiry. One parent plant of Superb 
will spread over a large surface, the 
runners being long and quite numerous. 
The fruit is very large, roundish, 
dark colored, glossy, attractive and 
smooth as if turned in a lathe. It is not 
produced in as great abundance as Pro¬ 
ductive, but each berry is large and 
fully developed, and, above all, it has the 
finest flavor. The fruits are only borne 
on the parent plants. This variety does 
its best when planted in hills and rim¬ 
ers cut. I am receiving the best reports 
from those who fruited the Superb dur¬ 
ing the past autumn. The supply of 
plants is limited. Doz., $5.00; 25 for 
$10.00; 100 for $40.00. 
The Flavor of Fall Strawberries. 
I am often asked if fall strawberries 
are as fine flavored as those grown in 
.June. 1 consider them of much finer 
flavor. They are not so watery, have 
more substance, stand up better and ship 
to distant markets in much finer shape 
than summer strawberries. While the 
weather is warm and sunshiny they are 
far superior to common strawberries in 
flavor. Even after hard frosts have 
robbed them of their best qualities, they 
have a much more agreeable flavor than 
the first early spring strawberries that 
come from the South. 
Mrs. James Bulk ley of Altmar drove 
here every Saturday with her automo¬ 
bile for four quarts of the fall straw¬ 
berries to make shortcake every Sunday 
for two months. 
Raspberries 
All kinds of raspberries have paid exceedingly well during the past few 
years. Several years ago there was a depression in the business, due to over¬ 
production. Prices ruled low and raspberries proved far less profitable than 
strawberries. We have sold thousands of quarts at 5 and 0 cents per quart. 
Now the ruling wholesale price is 10 cents and better, for black and purple 
berries ; and 15 cents and better for pure red berries. The black and purple 
berries retail in the cities at 14 to 25 cents, and reds at from 18 to 30 cents per 
quart. It will be seen that, taking into consideration the enhanced price and the 
fact that raspberries can be grown so much more easily than strawberries, in 
profit they prove a close second to strawberries. Blackcaps are especially in 
great demand in the cities, due to the fact that this fruit has become diseased in 
many sections and fails to produce good crops ; and then, the black raspberry of 
today, as represented in our best varieties, is more meaty, less seedy and far 
superior to the blackcaps of several years ago. The demand for raspberry plants 
of all kinds is enormous at the present time and almost impossible to supply. 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS 
There are three types of raspberries in common. cultivation ; the blacks, the 
reds and the purple varieties. The reds grow more upright than the others and 
can be planted much closer together on that account. The purple varieties are 
the strongest growers and also the most productive of all, but the color is unat¬ 
tractive and the customer must be educated to their use. When once known, they 
sell rapidly and are especially adapted for home use. The reds are of the very 
highest quality and most appreciated by epicures. If we could have just what 
we prefer, we would choose the reds for table use, the blacks for pics and the 
purple berries for canning. We believe in setting raspberry plants close in the 
row— say 1 to 2 feet, as this induces many canes which grow small and withy 
and are not broken off by the wind as when set several feet apart, and only, one 
or two canes allowed to the hill, which grow very large and are easily twisted 
off at the base by the winds. Red raspberries can be set in rows 5 or 6 feet 
apart; blacks from 0 to 7 feet apart, and purple varieties from 0 to 8 feet apart. 
The plants should be set late in the fall or early in the spring before the little 
germ, which makes the canes, has started to grow much. We have also had 
wonderful success in allowing the young shoots to get from 6 to 18 inches high 
before taking up and transplanting. Tn fact, the best field of raspberries we 
ever had was planted with these green plants, in late May or early June 
when plants were well started. In setting raspberry plants it is a good 
