NEW FRUITS. 



the Agricultural College of Arkansas, re- 

 cently told me that it promises to be- 

 come a market fruit of importance in 

 his section, and similar reports come 

 from Massachusetts and elsewhere. 

 The fruit is like a red blackberry, being 

 solid and of a bright red color. The 

 plant has the habit of the dewberry, but 



the foliage and wood are quite peculiar. 

 It is a vigorous grower, and roots freely 

 from layers. In Minnesota it has not 

 done so very well at the Experiment 

 Station, but it is probable that state is 

 beyond its successful limit of culture. — 

 S. B. Green, in Farm and Fireside. 



A NEW PLUM. 



Fig. 1257. — October. 



We give our readers an engraving of 

 the "October" plum, an exceptionally 

 late variety sent in to this office, October 

 20, 1897, by Mr. A. M. Smith, of St. 

 Catharines, one of our Directors. The 



fruit is of rtiedium size, roundish ; skin 

 thin, dark purple, with greyish bloom ; 

 flesh dark yellow, tender, juicy ; flavor 

 rich, sweet, and very agreeable. 



WINTERING PLANTS IN THE CELLAR. 



Plants are placed in the cellar to rest, 

 not to grow. Nothing is more harmful 

 to them when thus stored away than 

 water, and it should never be given un- 

 less to keep the soil from becoming dust 

 dry. 



In early spring if the buds on the plants 

 are seen to be starting a little, do not give 

 water which would only favor their 

 growth, but keep as dry and cool as 

 possible until time to take them out of 

 the cellar. — Vicks Manizine. 



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