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flesh, and hence in a good table grape may be somewhat thick 

 er than is admissible in Europe, where this free parting is not 

 found. The flesh should be sweet to the very centre, and the 

 seeds should be very small. For family use, where 25 feet 

 length of a wall can be had, the French " Thomery" system is 

 best, but for gardens the simple low " thigh" is perfectly 

 suitable. As it is impossible to fairly describe these systems 

 without the aid of cuts, I refer inquirers to Dr. C. W. Grant, 

 lona Island, near Peekskill, N. Y. 



At 2^ o'clock this afternoon Mr. PIRDEE continued his lec 

 tures on the small fruits. The raspberry was spoken of first. 

 Few persons, he said, had ever seen a first-rate one. The gar 

 deners about our cities do not succeed in growing them to 

 perfection. This fruit likes a moist, cool situation, such as the 

 north slope of a hill, or the north side of a fence. The soil 

 should be made very rich ; you cannot overfeed the raspberry. 

 The strawberry has a multitude of fine fibrous roots, and as it 

 grows little woody fibre it requires little manure ; the raspberry, 

 on the contrary, produces considerable wood, and as it has few 

 fibrous roots with which to take up nourishment, these should 

 be well supplied. The soil should be made very fine. Plant 

 about four feet apart, and cut the canes to within one foot of 

 the ground. At the time of planting, stake with strong stakes. 

 Those which will last forever may be made by the French 

 " Burnetizing " process, which is as follows: soak the stakes 

 six or seven days in a solution of blue vitriol and water, in the 

 proportion of one pound of vitriol to twenty quarts of water. 

 Berries raised on canes which have been carefully tied to stakes 

 are much finer than those which have been left to be blown 

 about by the wind. As soon as the raspberries have all ripened, 

 remove the wood on which they grew and allow the sap to 

 flow into the new canes, which will bear another year. Keep 

 the ground clean. In the winter lay the shoots on the ground, 

 and cover lightly with earth. Brinckle's Orange Seedling is 

 one of the very best varieties, and is wonderfully productive. 



