PACIFIC TREE AND VINE 



what the plant can develop to per- 

 fection. 



I must not neglect to say one 

 word ahonl another value of the 

 raspberry. To one who has had 

 experience with the possibilities 

 anil values which can he obtained 

 from raspberry jam uniier the skil- 

 ful direction of a good housewife, 

 this is no mean consideraiiou in 

 connection with the culture of this 

 delicious fruit. While I would 

 hardly put this pleasure in the 

 same class with that which we de- 

 rive from picking the luscious 

 berries from the vine, still it is one 

 of great interest to the lover of 

 delicious fruit produts. — Country 

 Life. 



Dewberries 



The dewberry in its glory is a 

 most luscious fruit, but it is knovi'n 

 ouly in our large maricets. Many 

 of our small dealers in the local 

 markets have never even heard its 

 name. It.s cultivation has been 

 left to the specialist almost entirely, 

 because most farmers have been 

 ignorant of the great value of the 

 fruit and the methods of Us culti- 

 vation. The farmer has been 

 fighiiug the wild dewberry all his 

 life, and is loath to believe that 

 any good can come out of Nazareth. 

 If he only understood how easy 

 dewberry culture is, he could add 

 a money crop to his list with small 

 expense and trouble, which, il 

 given the light tieaiment at the 

 proper time. would be a very 

 profitable investment. 



The best location for the plan- 

 tation is an eastern slope, and on 

 rich ami well drained land. Set 

 the vines seven feet apart one way 

 and four the other in order to allow 

 plenty of room for cultivation, 

 which during the first season should 

 be the same as for potatoes, or 

 other hoed crops. Cultivate one 

 way with two horses and harrow, 

 and the other way with a one- 

 horse cultivator. 



After the vines have commenced 

 to run so as to interfere with the 

 cultivation use the harrow, throw- 



ing the vines in a row, and if you 

 are careful always to drive the 

 same direction in the same row you 

 will not tangle up the vines, which 

 will make a difTerence when you 

 tie them up. 



The second season the vines 

 must be staked and tied, or else 

 tied to wires strung on posts. 

 When stakes are used they should 

 be heavy, and firmly set in tho 

 ground, the tops about six feet 

 high. The vines should be care- 

 fully raised and tied up, and all 

 short spurs cut out, giving a better 

 chance for v/hat is left and letting 

 in the light. The laud should 

 then be plowed and harrowed, the 

 rows hoed out clean, and the har- 

 row kept going frequently all suni- 

 mur, the new vines being kept in 

 a row as before. These vines 

 should be left on the ground all 

 winter, and in the spring the old 

 vii:es should he cut out and the 

 new ones lifted and tied in their 

 places. The wire method of train- 

 ing gives the finest fruit, but does 

 not give as good an opportunity 



for cultivation as when the vines 

 are lied to stakes and are in rows 

 both ways. — Country Life. 



Currants 



My experience with the culture 

 of currants may be very breifly 

 stated. I have found that they do 

 much the best in heavy clay soil; 

 on the drier and more gravelly por- 

 tions of my patch there is a great 

 tailing off in growth and produc- 

 tiveness. We trim them every fall 

 cutting out the old and half-dead 

 canes. Coarse stable manure 

 seeros the best fertilizer, though 

 we have used ashes and bone lueal. 

 As to kinds, I would never again 

 set out Fay Prolific, as I have 

 found it very unsatisfactory. It 

 will not stand up iu a wet sea.son, 

 and it is short-lived and subject to 

 disease. The hardiest variety and 

 the kind that has given me the 

 best results is the old-fashioned 

 Cherry currant. In dealing with 

 the currant worm we use Paris 

 green. Hellebore cannot be re- 

 lied upon. — Country Life. 



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