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well-formed berries of standard size should be placed in the boxes, either for a 

 first or second class — the grading being made as to size only. Plantations 

 should be carefully picked over each day, to prevent any fruit becoming overripe. 



Packing. — Each box should be slightly overfull, and their tops faced by 

 turning the stem end of the berry down, to give an attractive appearance to the 

 whole, and placed in close-fitting crates, closed up, marked with name of variety 

 and grower, and put on its route to its destination at once. 



Marketmg. — All soft classes of fruit should be hauled to market in spring 

 wagons, and even then care should be given, in driving over rough roads, to 

 avoid all shaking and jostling as much as possible. Gentle driving will pay. — 

 Report Kansas Hort. Soc. 



Commercial Fertilizers for Fruit Trees and Shrubs.— Fruit-trees 



need as much care and as good manuring as any cultivated crop. Fruit-trees 

 especially give excellent returns for the manure given. When the trees are set 

 out they should be well manured in order that they may get a good start. By 

 well manuring and carefully caring for the orchard, we not only get fruit early, 

 but in abundance. In the case of dwarf fruit-trees whose roots do not penetrate 

 very deep, a liberal dressing is absolutely necessary to obtain a good quality of 

 fruit. As it is often quite difficult to obtain stable manure, sewage, or the like, 

 we can get along just as well, and in some cases perhaps better, by the rational 

 application of artifical fertilizers, and in the cases of orchards, we need not 

 trouble ourselves so much about the mechanical condition of the soil. 

 The following quantities are to be recommended : 



Sulphate 

 or Muriate ( hili- 



Superphosphate of Potash Saltpetre 



For a high, large tree 3.3—5.5 lbs. 3..3— 5.5 lbs. 2.2—4.4 lbs. 



For a young or dwarf tree 0.7 — 1.5 lbs. 0.7—1.5 lbs. 0.5 — 1.0 lbs. 



The phosphoric acid and potash should be applied in the late fall or early 

 winter, and dug or plowed lightly in if possible. It can also be dissolved in water 

 and applied. The Chili-Saltpetre can be spread beneath the trees in wmter, or 

 applied dissolved in water, in spring or summer. In order that we may obtain 

 the best results from the manure, if the ground becomes too dry in summer, it 

 should be watered. In large orchards and along roadsides, when this is not 

 practicable, mulching could be practiced with advantage. — B 55 Geneva Experi- 

 mental Station. 



The ASparagfUS Beetle is an imported insect, feeding in both the larval 

 and adult stages on asparagus. It appears to be slowly extending its area of 

 attack to the west and south, and is establishing itself in Ohio. There are 

 several generations in a year, the pest wintering in the adult or beetle state. 

 Sowing lime over the asparagus beds in the morning, while the dew is on, and 

 the application of pyrethrum to the plants while the insect is in the larval stage, 

 are the best remedial measures.- Farm and Home. 



