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easy grown. Last spring a very fine display of hyacinths and tulips 

 were greatly admired by passers-by, grown by Mrs. A Demuth. 



What could be more beautiful than a bed of hyacinths in bloom t 

 Being one of the very first of Flora's children to awake after the long 

 and dreary winter months of nature's sleep. 



Hyacinths are often grown in glasses ; for that purpose the very 

 best of-firsi class bulbs should be selected ; fill the glasses with rain- 

 water, then place the bulb on top of the glass so as to touch the water,, 

 set the glasses into a dark closet free from frost, and as soon as the 

 bulbs have filled the glass with roots, bring them to the ligbt, into a 

 room not too warm, and in a short time the lovely fragrant flowers will 

 appear ; change the water in the glass occasionally. 



WHEN TO MARKET FRUIT. 



BY E. T. HOLLISTER, ST. LOUIS. 



Owing to the difference in the time of ripening of fruits in the 

 different latitudes, and the difference in the seasons in the same lati- 

 tude, it is impossible to name a date for the marketing of any variety 

 in any particular location, therefore I might answer the question by 

 saying that in the case of small fruits and tender varieties, the time to 

 market your fruit is whenever your fruit is ready for market; but, as 

 this reply would not be satisfactory to those who selected this subject 

 for me to write upon, I will select a few varieties, and give you my 

 ideas as to the time and condition in which they should be placed be- 

 fore the purchasing public. 



The first and most important upon the list of small fruits is the 

 strawberry, which should be permitted to become fully colored but not 

 soft, before being picked, when it should be carefully taken from the 

 vine, in all cases with a small part of the stem attached to the berry, 

 carefully placed in a neat package of the kind required by the market 

 in which you dispose of them, rejecting all green, dirty or over-ripe 

 berries, placing those that are on the top of the package with the stems 

 down so as to make them present an attractive appearance. 



