194 SMALL FRUITS. 



Three men will lay down and cover about one 

 acre per day. The distance apart as above will give 

 about 1,400 plants to the acre. The third year they 

 will be in full bearing and will with good care 

 yield about 3 to 4 quarts to the bush, and in some 

 cases have produced more than double that. The 

 Snyder is somewhat hardier than the Ancient 

 Briton and will be the only plant proper for the ' 'slip 

 shod" system. It will not yield like the latter, nor 

 hold out the size of fruit to the last picking like it. 

 Both are" excellent fruits, and good shippers. 



In placing the canes back the next spring, do it 

 early, and do not try to get them to stand upright. 

 Those laying near the ground produce the best and 

 most fruit. If the patch is thoroughly mulched so 

 as to keep down weeds and suckers, it will add to 

 the yield and save the labor of cultivating. This 

 will also, in case they are not laid down be a great 

 preventive of root or cane killing. 



Cut the old wood out as soon as the fruit is off 

 and the bushes begin to fail. A strong knife 

 welded to the shank of a hce, and used on the 

 handle, the blade standing at a right angle to it 

 will be found an excellent tool for this work. 



CURRANTS. 



This fruit, like the strawberry and gooseberry, is 

 one that will thrive in the extreme northern limit 

 of the wheat belt, is easily cared for, and no farm 

 or town garden should be without a yearly supply. 

 It requires the best of ground, and a partially 



