March 8, 1913 



HORTICULTUKE 



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SMALL FRUIT CULTURE. 



At the meeting of the North Shore 

 Horticultural Society Friday. Feb. 21, 

 Wilfrid Wheeler of Concord, Mass.. 

 spoke on "Small Fruits," with stereop- 

 ticon illustrations. Mr. Wheeler de- 

 scribed the tools, preparation of the 

 land and setting of strawberry plants 

 by diffeient methods. The hill system 

 as described was recommended for the 

 production of first class fruit and by 

 setting in check rows to wheel hoe two 

 ways the labor is reduced to a mini- 

 mum. Mr. Wheeler showed slides of 

 different varieties of strawberries and 

 described their characteristics. At 

 Concord the large coarse growing va- 



rieties as Marshall, Brandywine and 

 Golden Gate are found to be of best 

 flavor. The smaller symmetrical ber- 

 ries are not as good quality. The 

 speaker gave Marshall first place as an 

 all-round home garden' berry and for 

 forcing. The Skinner irrigating 

 system was described and recommend- 

 ed as the easiest and most economi- 

 cal for lawns and gardens. 



Raspberries, blackberries, gooseber- 

 ries and currants were also discussed. 

 The red raspberries should be pruned 

 to four feet, as the best fruit Is on the 

 low laterals. Stable manure is best for 

 small fruits supplemented with bone 

 meal or ashes. For San Jose scale, 

 spray in fall with soluble oil and in 



spring with lime-sulphur. The oil 

 goes beneath the surface and gets the 

 scale that may be covered in cultivat- 

 ing. Paris green is preferable to ar- 

 senate of lead as arsenate of lead 

 sticks to currants and gooseberries 

 too long. Helebore is also good. 



Refreshments were served after the 

 meeting. 



Robert A. Mitchell, Secy. 

 Manchester, Mass. 



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