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GARDENING. 



June /, 



CARE OF BERRY BUSflBS. 



Berry biishis should be thoroughly 

 mulched. Firs , bj' cultivating and hoe- 

 ing the surface soil; followed at once by 

 an application of green clover, coarse 

 manure, straw or some other coarse lit- 

 ter. Clover is best, being free from nox- 

 ious weeds and rich in plant food. Mulch 

 should be placed around each hill four or 

 five inches deep, leaving about three feet 

 between the rows for cultivation during 

 the summer. This treatment retains 

 moisture near the surface, prevents the 

 growth of weeds, keeps the berries clean, 

 enriches the soil and is the only practical 

 sate-guard against drouth. 



When new canes of the blackberry and 

 raspberry are fifteen inches high, liip off 

 about two inches of thetip,this wi^lcheck 

 the upward growth of the plant, cause 

 several new branches to grow and greatly 

 increase the bearing surface of the canes. 

 All weak canes should be cut out. This 

 treatment gives a low stocky well formed 

 bush, not liable to damage by severe 

 storms. A well cultivated blackberry 

 bush will usually set more fruit than it 

 can mature. The quality and size of berry 

 niay be greatly improved without reduc- 

 ing quantity, by trimming ofif one-fourth 

 or one-third of "the fruit stems. 



The best preventive of disease among 

 berry plants, is clean cultivation and 

 severe pruning. 



The worm on currants and gooseberrj' 

 will appear on the lower leaves soon after 

 the fruit forms. The remedy for this pest 

 is so simple, there is no cause for neglect- 

 ing its use: One ounce of white hellebore 

 dissolved in two gallonsof water, applied 

 with sprinkler or brush broom, when 

 worms first appear, will exterminate 

 them. Two or possibly three applica- 

 tions may be necessary. Paris green is 

 also used in same manner. 



Sparta, Wis. M. A. Thaver. 



TflE JftPflNESE HOP. 



This is a very pretty climber, and it 

 grows so rapidly that one can easily pro- 

 cure shade on and around piazzas or other 

 places, very early in the season. The 

 foliage is handsomely variegated— white 

 and green, sometimes a little yellow, and 

 the effect is very pleasing to the eye. But 

 it has a very serious drawback. Its seeds 

 are abundant, and they have a way of 

 getting all over one's place. Last season 

 we had these vines growing around a 

 veranda. This springthe whole premises 

 are full of seedlings. Not only around the 

 veranda, but behind the hoiise, on both 

 sides and on my neighbor's premises. So 

 I will plant no more of the Hamulus 

 Japonicus, and I shall have to do con- 

 siderable work in eradicating the crop 

 now swarming about me. 



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