STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 357 



The Secretary assigned to me as a topic "Small Fruit for Profit," 

 but did not say profit for whom, so I take for granted that farmers are 

 the ones that read your report, and who want the profits. 



SMALL FRUIT FOR PROFIT. 

 By Geo. J. Kellogg, Janesville, Wis. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: 



Would you plant for profit? plant for the loved ones at home, health, pleasure 

 and real good cheer. 



Every farmer should have one acre devoted to garden and fenced so the fowls 

 will not intrude. I would have this plat 8 x 20 rods so it could he easily worked 

 with a horse. On one side six feet from the fence I would plant for the 1st row — 

 pieplant, currants, gooseberries and blackberries; 2d row — 8 ft. x 3, early and late 

 black raspberries; 3d row — 8 ft. x 2, early, medium and late red raspberries; 4th 

 and 5th rows— first one 6 feet from raspberries, second one 4 ft. x 2 ft. apart in 

 rows, early, medium and late strawberries; one row I would plant with pistilate 

 varieties, the other with perfect flowering kinds, plants 4x2 ft., and I would not 

 let the kinds mix by running together; if my rows were not so long I would prefer 

 to plant 2 rows of each kind and have four rows abreast; for persons having only 

 a single lot I would have the same varieties and quantity to suit surroundings. Let 

 it be kept in mind that one square rod of ground has produced five bushels and 

 over of strawberries in a single season, and one row twenty rods long set with 

 100 plants has given the following year over 500 quarts. 



I would plant one dozen grape vines on the sunny side near the fence, near the 

 house or in an arbor. 



If I could have my choice of ground would prefer a deep, rich sandj^ loam, under- 

 laid with clay and limestone, slightly sloping to the south, so that no water would 

 long remain on the surface, but whatever the soil I would plant and succeed. I 

 would make the ground as rich as I dare for corn, — say forty loads of well rotted 

 manure to the acre, plowed in the fall, and twenty loads more spread on the 

 surface and well harrowed in before planting in spring; the great secret of success 

 in small fruits of extra size, lays in properly applying good stable manure in laige 

 quantities, first, before planting and afterward by mulch to protect from drouth 

 and to increase and continue their fertility. 



The blackberries and raspberries should not be stimulated to late growth, but so 

 mulched that there need be no failure for lack of moisture in seasons of drouth. 



The three great needs for small fruits are rich soil well drained, clean cultivation, 

 and plenty of water. 



The water may be applied successfully from reservoirs by trenches better than 

 by hose. If you attempt this artificial watering by hose do not do it while the 

 fruit is in bloom, and make all applications at sundown from water that ha? stood 

 in the sun at least six hours. It is better to depend on mulching than artificial 

 watering. 



Procuring plants is of greater importance than preparation of ground. Such varie- 



