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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.
