BARREL STRAWBERRY CULTURE. 



Probably many readers have heard of 

 the plan of raising strawberries on the 



outside of a 

 barrel. Ifone 

 has a small 

 city or village 

 lot, or " back 

 yard," the ex- 

 periment is 

 well worth try- 

 ing. The ac- 

 companying 



illustration 

 Fig. 1346. ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ 



two wrinkles that may help make the 



experiment a success. First bore the 

 holes all about the barrel, then put in- 

 side a drain pipe made of four strips of 

 board, reaching from the top to the bot- 

 tom. The joints should not be tight. 

 Now fill in earth about the pipe and set 

 out the strawberry plants in all the holes 

 and over the top. Put the barrel on a 

 bit of plank on the bottom of which 

 wide castors have been screwed. The 

 barrel can then be turned about every 

 fews days to bring the sun to all the 

 plants. An ordinary flour barrel will 

 answer very well for trying this very in- 

 teresting experiment. — Farm and Home. 



NEW STRAWBERRIES. 



'EVV varieties, superior to the 

 old, are constantly being intro- 

 duced and growers everywhere 

 are on the lookout to secure 

 the most profitable varieties. What we 

 want is a berry which combines the good 

 points of all, with none of their defects. 

 We have made the greatest advance the 

 last three years that has been made for 

 a quarter of a century. There are to-day 

 three varieties that rank first, namely, 

 T/ie Clyde, Glen Mary and Sample. A 

 rather singular coincidence is that these 

 berries originated one in the West, 



another in the East and one in the Mid- 

 dle States. 



Clyde. — This is the best early variety 

 ever offered the American people. 



Glen Mary. — This is the larger berr}', 

 ripens later, and on account of its size 

 is equally as profitable 



Sample. — This is the latest variety in 

 existence, two-thirds of its crop ripens 

 after July ist. It is equal to the Clyde 

 in productiveness and the berries are as 

 large as the Glen Mary. — C S. Pratt, 

 Reading, Mass. 



Fig. 1347. 

 A Handy Garden Barrow. — A 

 great improvement on the ordinary gar- 



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den wheelbarrow is shown in the cut. 

 The wheels have broad tires, are light 

 and run beneath the body — just in the 

 position to balance the load when the 

 handles are raised. This barrow can 

 be dumped from the side as in the case 

 of the ordinary barrow. It is thus pos- 

 sible to make over one of the old-fash- 

 ioned wheelbarrows into the style shown, 

 and that, too, at but small trouble and 

 expense. — American Agriculturist. 



