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SUCCESS WITH SMALL FRUITS. 



The Turner has never been injured on my place, and the 

 Cuthbert is rarely hurt ; but occasionally they are partially 

 killed, more by alterations of freezing and thawing than by 

 steady cold. What are termed '' open winters" are often 

 the most destructive. I find that 

 it pays to cover all those kinds that 

 are liable to injury, and, as the va- 

 rieties are described, this need will 

 be distinctly stated. The difficul- 

 ties of covering are chiefly imag- 

 inary, and it can be done by the 

 acre at comparatively slight cost. 

 The vast crops of the Hudson 





Pruning and Laying Down Canes. 



River Antwerp were raised from fields covered every fall. 

 In the garden, I do not consider the labor worth naming 

 in comparison with the advantages secured. Those who 

 find time to carefully cover their cabbages and gather 

 turnips should not talk of the trouble of protecting a row of 

 delicious Herstine raspberries. Still, Nature is very indul- 

 gent to the lazy, and has given us as fine a raspberry as the 

 Cuthbert, which thus far, with but few exceptions, has en- 

 dured our Northern winters. In November, I have the 



