FRUIT CULTURE. 



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Fl G 93 





It will be necessary to have a wire trellis 

 where laying down canes for winter is prac- 

 tised ; two wires are sufficient, even one 

 will often answer the purpose, and in fact 

 under most conditions the support of a wire 

 will do much to keep the row in g^ood 

 shape. 



Fig-. 93 is an illustration of a well-kept 

 plantation with the trellis support. The 

 operation of laying- down for winter was de- 

 scribed under the raspberry. The varieties 

 chiefly grown are Snyder, Kifiatinny, Law- 

 fon, Taylor and Early Harvest. Of these 

 Kitlatt'nny is the best quality, fairly hardy 

 and productive, though rather subject to 

 " red rust." Agaivam and Snyder are both 



hardy and productive, though not very high 

 in quality. 



The only disease which very seriously or 

 widely interferes with blackberry is the red 

 orange " rust." This fungus spreads with 

 great rapidity, and although systematic 

 spraying with Bordeaux mixture may check 

 it to a certain extent, the infested canes 

 should be cut and burnt immediately they 

 are noticed ; a careful watch should be kept 

 for the first sign of trouble, and only per- 

 fectly healthy plants set in. The diseased 

 plants are easily distinguished by the pe- 

 culiar golden color of the leaves in early 

 spring, and the subsequent covering of the 

 leaf with a mass of orange-colored spores. 



FIG 94, 



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■|G 95 THOr^AS 



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