ANOTHER HARDY GARDEN BOOK 



Downing, Houghton, and Industry are prob- 

 ably the three best varieties. 



The blackberries, raspberries, and straw- 

 berries we raise, while not adding to the 

 beauty of the garden, are fruits so delicious 

 and so universally liked that, whenever 

 it is possible, a place should be found for 

 them in the home garden. 



One of the bulletins issued by the United 

 States Agricultural Department gives a plan 

 for a small fruit garden, occupying a plot 

 about 60 by 80 feet, on which the following 

 could be grown: Six peach trees; six cher- 

 ries; six dwarf apple trees; six plums; 

 twenty blackberries; forty black caps; forty 

 red raspberries; three hundred strawberries; 

 thirty-two grape vines, planted at intervals 

 of ten feet all around the plot, and eight- 

 een dwarf pear trees. Such a small piece 

 of ground so planted, if properly cared for 

 and cultivated, would yield a large quan- 

 tity of fruit. 



Blackberries require a rich, moist, but 

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