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the bottom of the furrow on the hard, 

 raw sub-soil, and covered with tlie plow, 

 as is often done. The roots want to 

 penetrate downward as well as laterally. 

 This puts them beyond the reach of 

 severe drouth. If, in addition, the sur- 

 face of the soil is kept stirred so as to 

 form a fine mulch, a superior crop is 

 .issured every season, if the soil has 

 good drainage so as to carry off the 

 water in a wet season. 



The objection to deep planting, that 

 it is more expensive to harvest the crop, 

 holds good as far as the digging is con- 

 cerned, but it is in no way an offset to 

 the other advantages of a larger, sounder 

 and more uniform crop, take one season 

 with another, drouth having much less 

 effect. The greater freedom from dis- 

 ease, which result is a point that can 

 hardly be overestimated in view of the 

 widespread, unsound condition of the 

 tubers, for there is less chance for rot 

 with deep planting in well-drained soil, 

 the tubers being farther down and bet- 

 ter protected — at least thei'e is greater 

 success. — Countrj/ Gentleman. 



have never known them to miss a crop, 

 and a heavy one at that. — Am. Garden. 



CRAB APPLES. 



When eternal vigilance is the price 

 of an apple orchard, and Jack Frost the 

 most formidable enemy encountered, 

 the Crab Apple is of no small value. 

 The past winter was unusually cold 

 here, injuring even cheiTy trees, but my 

 (Jrab Apples e.scaped unscathed. They 

 are the only fruit trees that were not 

 injured. The Crab Apple not only 

 withstands cold better, but is hardieV 

 in every way than the apple, and there- 

 fore will commend itself to the orchard- 

 ist living where the circumstances are 

 not favorable to apples. Though only 

 a crab apple it is a tine fruit. I know 

 of no fruit which makes nicer preserves 

 or jelly. The jelly is as clear as crys- 

 tal and only too plea.sant to the taste. 



The trees are incessant bearers ; I 



THE SOUHEGAN RASPBERRY. 



It is a chance seedling, found some 

 ten years ago in the garden of Mr. 

 John A. Carleton, Hillsboro' County, 

 N. H., and from the growth of cane 

 and general appearance of the fruit, he 

 thinks it is a seedling of the Doolittle, 

 but at best this is a mere matter of 

 speculation. It takes its name Souhe- 

 gan from a small river of that name 

 near where it originated. 



The canes are very strong and vigor- 

 ous, branching quite freely, and well 

 covered with strong, sharp s[)inos, and, 

 so far as I have seen, it is perfectly 

 hardy. In fact, it is the only black 

 cap that was not injured the past very 

 severe winter on our grounds. We 

 fruited about one acre of them the })ast 

 season in the same field with one-fourth 

 of an acre of Doolittle, set at the same 

 time and given the same care and culti- 

 vation. The Souhegan ripened one 

 week in advance of Doolittle ; the fruit 

 was a little larger, of jet black color 

 and fully twice as productive. It was 

 so very early that the first pickings 

 were sent to market along with the last 

 of the strawberries, just at a time when 

 fruit was scarce in market, and there- 

 fore sold at the very highest price — 25 

 cents per quart for the first few days, 

 thence down to 15 cents for the last few 

 pickings. Doolittles sold froni 15 cents 

 down to 10 cents, and while that is a 

 good price, from 15 to 25 cents is a 

 much better one ; therefore we shall 

 grow no more Doolittles, but next 

 spring plant several acres of Souhegan 

 in addition to the thi'ee aores now 

 growing. 



We gave up the Mammoth Clueter 

 two years ago, planting the Gregg in its 

 ])lace, as it is by far the best and most 

 profitable late variety. The Centennial 



