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Black Cap Raspberries. — Set in rows eight feet apart, and three feet in the 

 rows. Pinch hack when three feet high. 



Grapes. — Put a vine or two of the Concord in some place, if yon leave it to- 

 climb a tree or an out-building. Give it the sunny side, and feed it well with 

 old boots and shoes, broken bones, old woolen rags ; and it will also be a better 

 place for dirty tags, than in the fleece for market. 



Cranberries. — Generally, do not meddle with them. 



The cultivation of small fruit as a market crop is worthy of a passing notice- 

 in this connection. Perhaps I could not do better than to give some statistics. 



In the vicinity of Moorestown, New Jersey, it was estimated that 12,000- 

 bushels of strawberries were raised in 1832, which netted the producers 840,000. 

 210 bushels were raised on one acre, but the average yield in the vicinity was 55' 

 bushels per acre, or a return of 8176 per acre net. 



In 1864, three towns in Burlington county, New Jersey, raised 12,596 bush- 

 els of strawberries, and received for them 845,345. Average yield per acre 55' 

 bushels. 



In 1865, four towns in same county, raised 27,924 bushels of strawberries, 

 and received for them 8164,633. Average product per acre was 58-j bushels. 

 In the same vicinity in 1865, there were raised 1,600 bushels of raspberries, 

 mostly of the red varieties, which sold for $15,360; and of blackberries, 9,189' 

 bushels, which sold for 844,107. 



A bright faced boy put a lighted match to the kindling-wood in the grate, 

 and was watching the flame as it forced its way among the crackling coals, 

 when half in thought and half aloud, he said: ''Who would have thought a 

 little match would make so big a fire." Hoping by what I have said, a small 

 fire may be kindled, or a little leaven may be introduced, that will some day 

 lighten, or brighten, or cheer the pathway of many, I bring this essay to finis. 



INJURIOUS INSECTS OF THE GARDEN. 



A1ST ESSAY READ BY W. A. ROWE BEFORE THE FARMER'S CLUB. 



To you gentlemen who are lovers of the garden, I need make no remarks as 

 a preface to this brief description of a few of its enemies. 



Numerous are the beings of the insect world which dwell in our gardens, but 

 only a few of those most troublesome to our vegetables and small fruits can be 

 touched upon this afternoon. 



First, we will notice briefly some of those which feed on that good old fruit, 

 the currant. Of these there are three which are frecpiently epiite troublesome 

 in this State. They feed upon both currant and gooseberry. The young of 

 two of them are commonly called currant slugs. Of these one is the larva of 

 the American currant saw fly. It is to be found on our currant bushes almost 

 every year, though more abundant some seasons than at others. 



The slug is of a grass green color with a black head which, however, becomes 

 green after the last moult. They appear in June, and also a second brood in 

 August. They moult five or six times and then descend into the rubbish at the 

 base of the bushes to undergo their change into the perfect state. They are 

 then about the size of the common house fly, and arc black with yellowish head 

 and legs. They have four wings instead of the two which mark the true flies. 

 The eggs are laid anywhere on the bushes. 



The other currant slug is the young of the foreign currant saw fly, and is 



