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have fruited the Daniel Bhone seven 

 seasons, and it has never disappointed 

 me. It was our main dependence this 

 season. The fruit is very large, regular, 

 bright red, good in flavor ; plants pis- 

 tillate. Charles Carpenter of Kelly's 

 Island says it will yield as many quarts 

 *s the Manchester- 



Of the well known varieties, I regard 

 the Cumberland, Hart's Minnesota and 

 Mount Vernon as the best three. 

 Hart's Minnesota is one of the earliest 

 and remains in bearing a long time. 



The strawberiy crown-borer is sjjread- 

 ing rapidly, is very distructive, and its 

 habits not generally understood. The 

 larvae are carried all over with potted 

 plants. — M. Crawford, in Country 

 Gentleman. 



CULTIVATION OF CURRANTS. 

 The currant has always been a uni- 

 versal favorite, not so much ])erliaps be- 

 cause of the real nature of the fruit as 

 because of the extreme hardiness of the 

 bush, which hitherto has withstood a 

 good deal of neglect, with little or no 

 attention. After once planting them in 

 some remote corner of the garden, or 

 under the fence, they were let severely 

 alone. But with the curi*ant, as with 

 other things, as soon as they become 

 scarce, the demand for them will in- 

 crease, and better prices rule. My plan 

 of cultivation — which I do not claim as 

 the best, but which has always succeed- 

 ed with me — is simply this : As soon 

 as the leaves are off the bushes in the 

 fall, I go through them with a sharp 

 knife and trim out the old branches, and 

 any of the new that show signs of the 

 borer, and cut back all new shoots one- 

 third. I then rake up all the wood 

 that has been cut out, and burn it to 

 make sure of destroying all insects that 

 might cling thereto. This done, I work 

 in deep — usually with the spade — three 

 or four shovelfuls of good, well-rotted 

 barn manure around each bush to the 



space of about three feet ; the ground 

 between the rows is now either plowed 

 or spaded, and the whole given a liber- 

 al top dressing of light manure, and the 

 work is done for the winter. 



As soon as the first worms appear in 

 the Spring — which is early — I take 

 a heaping tablespoonful of powdered 

 white hellebore, and thoroughly wet 

 it with boiling water — a quart or so. I 

 now turn this to a pail of clean cold 

 water, stirring constantly all the while, 

 till every j^article of the powder is well 

 mixed. It is ready now for a])plication 

 to the bushes, which is done with a large 

 watering-pot, taking great care to thor- 

 oughly sprinkle every bush ; repeat this 

 as often as the worms reappear. Us- 

 ually two applications, one early in the 

 Spring, and the other just before the 

 fruit ripens, are sufficient to keep down 

 the worms. Keep the ground around 

 them mellow and free from weeds, and 

 if at any time through the summer a 

 branch is seen to wilt, it is immediately 

 cut away and burned, as such is the 

 "sign of the borer." 



Following this method of cultivation, 

 I ha\ e never lost a bush or had a poor 

 crop of fruit. And I bespeak the same 

 success to any who will take the same 

 trouble for the sake of this delicious 

 fruit. It will pay. — D. B. C, in Prac- 

 tial Farmer. 



PLANT TREES ON THE ROADSIDES. 

 Mr. Orange Judd advocates tree 

 planting along the highways, in Ameri- 

 can Agriculturist for November. He 

 saj^s .• Trees may be planted at a 

 time before the ground freezes solid, or 

 as soon as it fully opens in spring. 

 Early spring would be preferable on 

 some accounts ; but if left until then, 

 the hurry of work, often delayed by cold 

 and wet weather, is likely to interfere. 

 It is better, therefore, to get every hardy 

 tree possible into its permanent grow- 

 ing place now. And every year it is 



