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hot Led, except that the [fermenting manure is left out, and ia 

 addition to the sash it should have an extra covering at night of 

 mats, shutters or bhmkets. Another method which may be 

 adopted to yet bring forward plants of early cabbage and 

 tomatoes, where liot beds are out of the question, is to sow the 

 seeds about the middle of March in good soil, in a shallow box, 

 keeping it in a warm place near the stove until they come up, 

 and then set them on a bench or table inside and close to a south 

 window, raising the window for fresh air when the weather will 

 permit. AVhen the plants are two or three inches high trans- 

 plant them into other boxes of fresh soil, to stand one or two 

 inches apart, or they will get crowded and spindling, and if they 

 get large enough for the open ground before the weather is 

 favorable, another transplanting will be found beneficial; in fact, 

 twice transplanting always pays, as in ensures better roots and 

 stocky plants that will be sure- to live and grow right along, if 

 they have been ])roperly hardened off and taken up with a ball 

 of earth attached to the roots. The best time for transplanting 

 is at evening. 



Fruits. — The best varieties for this climate are of Grapes — - 

 Concord, Delaware and Janesville. Currants — Red Dutch. 

 liaspberries — Doolittle and Seneca Black Cap, Turner and Purple 

 Cane. Straiuherries — "Wilson, Albany, Downer's Prolific and 

 Crescent Seedling. Blackberries — Snyder and Ancient Briton. 

 The grapes will require pruning and laying down every fall and 

 tying up to stakes or trellis every spring, and clean cultivation. 

 Currants also appreciate cultivation, and old wood should occa- 

 sionally be thinned out to give place for new. Raspberries are 

 greatly benefited by mulching [with old hay or manure. The 

 young canes should have the tops pinched oft' about the 1st of 

 July to induce side branches, and the old canes should be cut 

 away each year after fruiting, as they have fulfilled their mission 

 and will not live to bear again. 



