BUDS, BLOOM, AND EARLY BIRD 



young wood could be tied in, like Peaches. The follow- Feb. 

 ing are good varieties and they are also suitable for I-I4 

 culture as bushes : 



Red Currant White Currant Black Currant 



Raby Castle White Versailles Boskoop Giant 



Raspberries are often trained to wires, but a lofty 

 framework, such as is used for the larger fruits, would 

 be partially wasted on them. They do not need more 

 than two wires at the most, one a yard from the ground, 

 the other eighteen inches higher ; and they are more 

 often restricted to one only, four feet above the ground. 

 Canes may be planted in February, and cut back near the 

 ground. 



Good Raspberries 

 Antwerp Superlative 



Strawberries. — February is often a good month for 

 planting Strawberries, and whether it is good or bad 

 turns principally on the weather and the state of the 

 soil, just as in the case of sowing seeds. I advise 

 the intending planter to order what he wants, anyhow, 

 then he will have the plants by him, and can put them 

 in at the first favourable opportunity. They will come 

 in small pots, and if the weather should turn very bad, 

 with much frost and snow, after they arrive, it is a simple 

 matter to stack the pots in a heap on their sides, in which 

 position they will be perfectly safe. I have referred to 

 the difference of opinion which exists respecting the 

 value of breaking ground deeply for fruit trees. I do 

 not suppose that it extends to the Strawberry. There is 

 probably only one opinion about preparing the ground 

 for them, and that is to break it up as deeply as possible, 

 and manure it well in the process. Four pounds of 

 sulphate of potash per square rod will make a valuable 

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