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with flour. 



Third Ap. — For blight, Bordeaux when plants are 6 inches high 

 and continue every two weeks. 



RASPBERRY; BLACKBERRY.— Anthracnose, red rust, 

 snowy tree cricket. 



First Ap. — Cut out and burn all canes affected with galls, snowy 

 tree crickets and badly diseased with anthracnose. Spray with cop- 

 per sulphate before buds start. 



S econd Ap. — When new canes appear, Bordeaux. 



Third Ap. — Two weeks later repeat. 



Fourth Ap. — After crop is gathered cut out all old canes and 

 spray new ones with Bordeaux. 



Fifth Ap. — If red rust appears cut out and burn all plants 



STRAWBERRY.— Rust. 



First Ap. — As soon as growth begins, Bordeaux. 



Second Ap. — Bordeaux when blossoms open. 



Third Ap. — When crop is gathered mow and burn all foliage 

 to destroy leaf rollers as well as rust. 



Fourth Ap. — All new plantations should be sprayed with Bor- 

 deaux twice if rust is feared. 



ONIONS BY THE ACRE. 



ALTON M. SHEPHERD, MINNEAPOLIS. 



Our paper will be a simple resume of our experience in grow- 

 ing onions in the old "North Star Gardens,'' that were located at 

 Hennepin avenue and Nineteenth street, on Lowry hill, in our 

 city, where, for a period of about ten years, beginning in 1876, 

 we grew annually from two to four acres of onions, which com- 

 manded at that time an average price 'of not less than $1 per 

 bushel. We have sold as high as $2 per bushel, and an acre 

 produced with us from 600 to 800 bushels, usually nearer 600 

 bushels. Our soil, and lay of same, was very good, being nearly 

 level, slightly undulating, and a heavy black loam, retaining fertili- 

 zation and moisture well, and with due care not lumping in early 

 cultivation; at the same time it did not allow of standing water 

 after copious rains. We never plowed our onion plat after the 

 first year, during the period of its cultivation. We cultivated it 

 deeply and thoroughly each fall, and then in the spring, just as 

 soon as it would do to work (have even removed drift of snow to 

 facilitate drying), we cultivated again, and then applied a liberal 

 dressing of hen manure, wood ashes and well rotted stable manure; 

 then cultivated, dragged, and planked it again thoroughly— with 

 the emphasis on the word "thoroughly." 



We always procured our seed early, of reliable growers only, 

 and tested its vitality. Here is one of th'e strongest points of sue- 



