52 SMALL FRUITS, 



surface directly afterward with a common iron hand rake,, 

 is perhaps the cheapest and easiest mode that can be used 

 by the grower. At the north, or above 40 deg. of latitude, 

 all these require shielding in winter, which may be done 

 by the use of straw or bog hay scattered lightly over them 

 and held from being blown away by winds, by the use of 

 poles or rails, two to four inches in diameter. 



All the foreign varieties like the Triomphe de Gand, 

 Lemiig's White, Trollope's Victoria, Monarch of the West,. 

 La Constante, etc., should be cultivated in hills having; 

 one good plant, at distances say eighteen inches apart 

 each way, the runners cut away as fast as they appear,, 

 and the whole strength of the plant thrown into the fruit. 

 If new plants are wanted for the coming year the fruit 

 blossoms should be picked from a few hills and the run- 

 ners left to take root. In the States or sections below 40 

 deg. o/ latitude, the strawberry is grown with little care or 

 culture. They need no winter protection, and the crop 

 ripens ere the hot suns injure the vine. 



RASPBERRIES. 



New varieties are easily grown from seed, but they have 

 a tendency to change from the parent. A fully ripe berry 

 should be taken and planted about one inch deep in light 

 loamy soil, and shaded, until it has made a growth of two- 

 leaves. A cheap box frame, with slats ovei the top, an- 

 swers well, and when the plants are grown six inches high 

 they should be transplanted, shaded-, and protected the 

 first winter. Suckers, or offsets, can be transplanted 



