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460  Rerort or THE ACTING HoRTICULTURIST OF THE SF 
on their table during fruiting season and for canning. These, if 
manured well and kept from growing in a jungle of canes, will 
last six years, and give good returns. It will be well for one 
about to set out raspberries to select a few bushes of the yellow 
varieties, as they are of the right color to go with white currants, 
either for canning or for jelly. Of blackberries one must test 
several varieties or inform himself from some source in regard to 
their hardiness, as, in exposed localities, they are often found to 
winter-kill. There is no fruit that can be put to more uses than 
the blackberry, and, if the locality is in their favor, none that will 
yield a larger profit on the investment. 
The currant is a fruit grown by almost everyone, and in many 
cases the only small fruit available tothe housewife. This seems 
to be so, simply from the fact that the currant will stand almost 
any amount of abuse and live to bear fruit, but such fruit is small 
in berry, short of stem and the stem but partially filled. These 
bushes are often hidden by a growth of tall weeds that would kill 
anything but a currant. 
Gooseberry bushes may often be found growing in a partially 
neglected condition in gardens, bearing crops of small mildewed 
fruits, but rarely does one see the English varieties with their 
large shiny leaves and luscious fruits as large as Damson plums, | 
Those who have eaten at their prime these last will never again 
be satisfied with the small native varieties like Houghton ey. 
Mountain Seedling. 
The growing of black currants seems to be on the increase at 
this time, and among the varieties tested here the Prince of 
Wales seems at this time to be the most productive, although the 
Champion Black, Lee’s Prolific and Baldwin’s Black are all 
first class. 
STRAWBERRIES. 
A DESCRIPTION OF THE NEWER VARIETIES. 
Bessie, Imp. —A variety from Maryland. The growth of foliage 
is all that could be desired; leaves large and rich dark green 
fruit-stem weak, and fruits should lay on mulch. The few plants 
that fruited produced fruit of large size, but very soft; many 
plants were, however, barren. Even those in stool row, that were 
of very great size, failed to produce blossom, or fruit. Season 
early. 
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