Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1891-03-05

toe fruit an easy prey to the curcu-
lio, OF which they are very fond.
With this | have mentioned the
most important of the larger or true
fruits. | will pass ON to the en- aller
species.
TIE STRAWBERRY
is, without question. tho most profit
able Of all the small fruits. Being
the earliest fruit that ripenR, and
possessing an acid that the human
system at that time Graves, yekes it
general iayorite. No fruit within
the last quarter OF a century, BY SCI
ence and cultivation, has been
more improved than the strawberry.
There are a great many excellent
varieties, but to give list If the
best sorts suitable to any 9pecial
section, where they have NOT been
tried, would be very d,ffieult. owing
to the fact that the plants are q par
tial to different kinds OF sob A
variety tina. would succeed well
planted on one plot, would perhaps
utterly fail planted only few hun
bred yards away. AS it tai es a
very short while to test the straw-
berry. the only correct way to tscer-
tain what varieties are best 6uited
your soil lie TO try them, retaining
such as prove valuable and discsrd-
ing those that are not.
THE RASPBERRY,
In point of excellence, is second to
the strawberry. Ripening . little
later than the strawberry, when
other fruits are beginning to come
in, it is not so popular as the straw.
berry. OF this fruit there are two
species, the red and the blackcap,
embracing many varieties OF each
The red, on account OF their superior
flavor and color. are more sought
after in the markets than theil
black cousins, though they are MOI
50 hardy. Like the strawberry, !
is best to test few varieties to ob
tain those bes. suited to your wants
THE GoosEBERRY
is one OF our most hardy and valua
BILE berries. The greatest, and
: might say the only obstacle IN it'
culture, is the mlllew, and this, t
; a very great extent, can be obvlat
; ed by planting in good dry soil
, where the plants VIII not he OBJ
structed by the shade, as air anC
sunshine are the lie OF the goose
berry. There are number OF vari
eties. both foreign and American
all subject to the mildew, and thei
cultiva;ion can not be recommended
Of the American sorts, the Hough
ton Seeding, all things considered
IS perhaps the most valuable, as th'
berries are almost entirely exemp
from mildew, and the plants are ex
: ceedlngly hardy and are enormous
+, Ily productive. The Downing AM
Smiths Improved are both excel
lent varieties. The berries are lar
ger and more attractive than th'
noughtop, but they are more sub
Jet to mildew, and the plants d
\ not seem to be quite SO hardy.
9 THE CuRRANT
is a good berry, but il receives n
attention in this part Of Kentucky
& THE BLACKBERRY
is GER tainly the most reliable an
c hardy Of all our small fruits. Sine
{ the beginning of civilization a pei
y petual war of determination ha
beed waged against it. Yet it
still here, producing annual crops
. its rich, black fruit. While civiliza
. ton has done so much to destro
the blackberry, 1t has in turn. don
a great deal to improve 1t, and RICH
royalty has it responded to generou
' trt atment, for those varieties thu
j. have been cultivated for years are a
tar superior to their wild brother
u as rich, luscious, budded peach
70 to a Seeding.
!. THE HUCKLEBERRY
d Is as hardy as the gooseberry. 1t
Q perfectly exempt from any kind
5 disease, and does not seem to be pal
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