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THE SEED OF THE MULBERRY. 



One ounce of good seed will be sufficient to produce 

 5000 trees. The seed is easily obtained from the fruit 

 in the following manner. When the fruit begins to ripen, 

 every morning the tree should be shaken and the fruit 

 that falls gathered with that which had fallen before; if 

 enough is not gathered in one morning, several succes- 

 sive gatherings may be collected ; but the fruit should 

 not be kept over three or four days before the seed is 

 extracted, which may be done by putting the fruit into a 

 tub and mashing it till the berries are completely worked 

 into a common mass. Then pour water into it and stir it 

 briskly, and the pulp may be separated from the seed. 

 Then pour off the water, with all the seed that floats* 

 (for that is worthless) and renew the washing till the seed 

 is clean, when it may be drained, spread out on cloths 

 and dried in the shade. When perfectly dry it should 

 be put into a tight vessel and kept in a dry place. It 

 should never be exposed to the light, air or dampness 

 more than is absolutely necessary. The seed may be 

 obtained at a reasonable rate at most of the seed stores, 

 and"I have bought it in Mansfield, Conn, at the rate of 

 a dollar per pound. 



SOWING THE SEED, CHOICE OF SOIL, ETC. 



A soil rich, warm and mixed with much mold, is re- 

 commended as the most proper fora nursery of mulber- 

 ry trees. New shoots should have ground easy to pen- 

 etrate. The ground should be ploughed the preceding 



