Doolittle and Miami, both abundant bearers, -we think leave nothing further to be desired in black caps. Should be planted about equally, for home use, and for market plant mostly Miami, as it is a week later and thus comes less in competition with Southern and Eastern berries.

Of the red, Kirtland gave us our first berries ; an abundant crop of rather small, firm berries, of pleasant but not high flavor; canes perfectly hardy ; needs a deep, rich soil to give both cane and berry more size.

Hornet gave us the largest berries ; very firm, but of second quality. Franconia and Brinckle's Orange both productive and excellent. Fastollf very fine in quality; runs terribly to suckers and yet makes but feeble canes. Clark, quite productive ; very best in quality ; good size ; too soft for distant marketing; suckers quite too abundantly except where plants are in demand. The last five named must have winter protection, and are all much improved by heavy summer mulching.

Catawissa will not stand a severe winter, and we have heretofore in the spring cut the canes to the ground (the roots never injure) and only had from it an autumn crop. In moist seasons we get a fair crop, but when too dry, very little. The canes came through the past winter without injury and have surprised and pleased us with a full crop of excellent fruit; little tart, but very bright and free from any musky flavor, which injures some of the others. Hereafter we shall try, by giving slight winter protection, to get a summer crop and an occasional one in the autumn.

Philadelphia is loaded with fruit as usual; medium size ; second quality; too soft for distant marketing, but in quantity making up for all other defects. In five years with us it has never winter-killed, and never failed to be loaded down with fruit; does not sucker badly. We think it is the berry for "the million".

Ellisdale after two years trial, and Ohio Everbearing after three years, we have thrown out as too unproductive to pay ground rent. - J. S. Stickney, in Western Farmer.