A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME 



Stretch mosquito netting all over the arched 

 foundation, stitching the edge securely to 

 the round hoop, and you will have a pro- 

 tector as effectual as any of the expensive 

 wire contrivances sold for the purpose. 



Prevention being better than cure, it is 

 advisable to scatter powdered sulphur lightly 

 on grape-vines to avoid mildew. Thinning 

 out the fruit in June will insure better-sized 

 and better-shaped branches. Leave only 

 two to a branch, and with a pair of sharp- 

 pointed scissors cut out the small grapes 

 from each bunch. All fruits are improved 

 by moderate thinning. 



This is the best time of the year to go 

 over the strawberry beds, and "start" as 

 many plants as you wish for a new bed. 

 An old English method which we have em- 

 ployed to advantage is to set the baby 

 plants, which form at the end of the run- 

 ners, in the earth between the rows with- 

 out severing them from the parent plants, 

 which sustain them until they have devel- 



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