SMALL FRUITS: 



Their Propagation and Cultivation, Including 

 the Grape. 



CONTAINING PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE SELECTION OF SOIL AND ITS 

 PREPARATION; THE USE OF MANURES AND FERTILIZERS; CROSSING, 

 HYBRIDIZING, AND GROWING NEW VARIETIES FROM SEED: 

 TRANSPLANTING, PRUNING, AND TRAINING; GATHER- 

 ING, PACKING, AND MARKETING FRUIT; DE- 

 SCRIPTION OF VARIETIES, THEIR ORI- 

 GIN, DISEASES, AND INSECT 



ENEMIES. 



Ellustratfti fottfj Numerous 



BY 



WILLIAM H. HILLS, 



PRACTICAL HORTICULTURIST, PLAISTOW, N.H. 



UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 



LIBRARY 



COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE 

 DAVIS 



BOSTON : 

 CUPPLES, UPHAM & CO., 



AGRICULTURAL PUBLISHERS. 

 1886. 



