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brought into the forcing-houses and carried through to fruiting. 

 The first lot was shifted from fours to fives on the 8th of Sep- 

 tember, and from fives to sixes on the 26th of September ; and 

 the other lots received similar treatment. 



^ The plants were allowed to remain out of doors until nearly 

 mid-winter, with no more protection than a covering of glass 

 during the very coldest times. It was the desire to give them a 

 very thorough rest by allowing them to freeze perfectly solid. 

 We are not at all sure that this freezing is essential. In fact, the 

 probability is that berries can be raised about as well without it ; 

 but it is very probable that a decided check or rest to the plants 

 before they are taken to the houses will add greatly to their pro- 

 ductiveness and strength, and freezing may be expected to destroy 

 red spider and other pests. 



On the 28th of December, 450 pots of the first lot were brought 

 into a house which had a temperature of 40 to 45 degrees at night. 

 All dead and diseased leaves were trimmed away. On the 6th of 

 January, the young leaves had begun to appear freely and now and 

 then there appeared a spot of the rust. They were then thor- 

 oughly sprayed with the ammoniacal carbonate of copper and after 

 that time the disease made no trouble. The house was vaporized 

 at frequent intervals with the Rose Leaf extract of tobacco in order 

 to keep down insects. 



Many flowers were open on the first of February. On the 9th, 

 the pots were transferred to a warm house (temperature of 65 

 degrees at night), and the plants were staged near the glass, and 

 were allowed to remain until the fruit was oflF (Fig. 73). 



Upon the 6th of March, the berries were well colored, and the 

 first picking was made on the nth, when they sold in Ithaca for 

 $2 per quart. The crop continued for about ten days. 



The Beder Wood comprised the greater part of the pots of this 

 first lot. They came into bloom when the foliage was still very 

 small and scant, and we were fearful that there would not be fol- 

 iage enough to carry the plants to maturity ; but this fear proved 

 to be groundless. It was observed that when the weather was 

 very cloudy and damp, the stamens did not develop strongly and 

 there was much difficulty in getting sufficient pollen to pollinate 

 the flowers. The Beder Wood is a perfect- flowered berry, but we 



