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with orchards, gardens, and vineyards, and fulfil one of the 

 great purposes of our being to promote the health and hap 

 piness of our fellow-men." 



Almost as large an audience assembled this morning to hear 

 LEWIS F. ALLEN speak on fruits. The editor of the American 

 Short-Horn Herd Book showed a familiarity with apples almost 

 equal to that he has with animals, and he gave us his notions 

 in a hearty, good-natured way that enlisted the sympathies of 

 the audience.* 



Mr. R. G. PARDEE, of New York city, gave his first lecture 

 this afternoon on the Strawberry. He came, he said, to speak 

 of facts, not theories. He had tried to grow strawberries for 

 many years by high manuring, but without success. He deter 

 mined to experiment till he should discover the cause of the 

 failure. He had done so. It was by overfeeding. He could 

 now grow them as cheaply as potatoes. The following, accord 

 ing to his experience, is the best method : Select a warm, moist, 

 but exposed situation ; for early berries, let it slope to the East 

 or South ; for late ones to the North. The soil should be a fine, 

 gravelly loam. Avoid high, barren soils, and those which are wet. 

 To prepare the soil, make it clean ; underdrain, leaving the drain 

 open at both ends to allow the circulation of air. Pulverize at 

 least two feet in depth, making 10 per cent, of the soil, if possi 

 ble, as fine as superfine flour. For manures, apply 30 bushels 

 of unleached ashes and 12 bushels of lime, slacked with water 

 holding 3 bushels of salt in solution, to the acre. Transplanting 

 should be done with great care, and the rootlets of the plant 

 injured as little as possible. The best time to transplant is in 

 spring, though with care it may be done any time during the 

 summer. The lecturer said he would, in starting a new bed, 

 place the plants three feet apart each way, and allow them 

 to spread till they were only twelve inches from each other. 



* Mr. Allen objects to any outline of his lectures on fruit or cattle-breeding 

 being given in this work, as his engagements prevent his revising them. 

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