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Liming Small Fruits. 



Lime should seldom be applied for strawberries, as it may 

 injure the plants, and it may, particularly if used in large 

 quantities, encourage the growth of common white clover to 

 such an extent as to cause it to become a pest in the straw- 

 berry bed. 



The blackcap raspberry will thrive well on quite acid soils, 

 even if no lime is used. Nevertheless, there are possibly some 

 soils on which a light application of lime may be helpful. 



Blackberries seem to be very indifferent to lime. While they 

 may not be injured by liming, they usually seem to thrive 

 perfectly without it on soils which are exceedingly acid. 



Red raspberries seem to respond well to liming on soils where 

 the blackcap raspberry may not respond at all. On very acid 

 soils, therefore, lime should be used for the red raspberry. 



Gooseberries and currants usually do not thrive well on ex- 

 ceedingly acid soil. Liming is therefore necessary for the best 

 growth of these plants. 



Fertilizing Vegetables. 



In regard to potatoes, good crops have been grown during the 

 past two or three years on old grass land and on old pastures 

 by the use of a fertilizer containing no potash, provided it 

 contained 4 to 5 per cent of ammonia and 8 to 10 per cent of 

 available phosphoric acid. There are, nevertheless, many in- 

 dications that the potash supply in many places in New 

 England and farther south is running short. When a marked 

 deficiency occurs, the potato leaves tend to curl under at the 

 edges, the tissue between the ribs tends to puff up, and later 

 the upper side of the leaves often takes on a bronzed ap- 

 pearance, due to the death of some of the cells. Wherever such 

 conditions have been observed, it is of the utmost importance 

 that the fertilizer used should contain not less than 4 to 6 per 

 cent of potash. 



In Aroostook County, Maine, fertilizers are usually applied 

 for potatoes at the rate of from 1,500 to 2,000 pounds to the 

 acre; but here in Massachusetts, where the production of such 



