Success with Small Fruits Part 21

Thus it way be seen that the expense of marketing the crop was greater than the expense of growing it and the net profit combined--a condition of things that should not last. The freight has been reduced to ten cents per quart this year, I understand.

The Monarch seems peculiarly adapted to East Tennessee, and Mr. Ed. S.

Sheppard, who first introduced them, found a sensation resulting that in its proportions resembled the mammoth berry.

The Crystal City and Captain Jack are favorite varieties in Missouri.

For the lat.i.tude and climate of New York, and westward, much suggestion has been given already.

Mr. J. T. Lovett, of Little Silver, N. J., gives the following list as the best selection for their light sandy soils:

FOR THE HOME GARDEN

_Strawberries_

French's Seedling--best early crop.

Charles Downing--best medium, or main crop.

Kentucky--best late.

_Red Raspberries_

Herstine--best early.[Footnote: "Requires winter protection to ensure a crop."]

Turner--best entirely hardy early.

Cuthbert--best medium and late.

_Black-cap Raspberries_

Doolittle's Improved--best early.

Mammoth Cl.u.s.ter--best medium and late.

_Mammoth Blackberries_

Wilson's Early--best early.

Kittatinny--best main crop.

_Currants_

Cherry--best red.

Red Dutch--best for culinary purposes.

White Grape--best white.

Victoria--best late.

Black Naples--best black.

_Gooseberries_

Downing

FOR MARKET--OF VALUE IN THE ORDER NAMED

_Strawberries_

Wilson's Albany, } Captain Jack, } For s.h.i.+pment.

Crescent Seedling, } Charles Downing, } For near market. Downer's Prolific, }

_Red Raspberries_

Cuthbert.

Brandywine.

_Black-cap Raspberries_

Mammoth Cl.u.s.ter.

Doolittle's Improved.

_Blackberries_

Kittatinny.

Wilson's early. [Footnote: "In former years this was the most profitable of all sorts, but latterly it is so frequently injured by winter, and so generally attacked by disease or insects throughout the State, as to render it uncertain."]

_Currants_

Cherry.

Red Dutch.

Black Naples.

_Gooseberries_

Downing.

Houghton Seedling.

In the Sixth Annual Report of the New Jersey State Board of Agriculture, I find the following interesting statement from the well-known horticulturist, Mr. P. T. Quinn.

"ONE ACRE OP STRAWBEREIES.