What to Grow 



Have the soil fine and rich. Set the plants 

 about two feet apart. I have grown my best 

 crops by training the plants on trellises. This 

 keeps the fruit off the ground, thus preventing 

 rot, and it enables the sun to get at it, thus 

 hastening ripening. It will be necessary to tie 

 the branches firmly, and with a stout string, 

 as, when well set with fruit, they will be much 

 too heavy to support themselves. In the case 

 of late sorts, I find it advisable to cut off the 

 ends of the branches after they have set con- 

 siderable fruit. This stops the further produc- 

 tion of fruit, and throws the strength of the 

 plant to the development of the early setting, 

 and greatly expedites matters. A plant allowed 

 to have its own way will go on blooming and 

 setting fruit until frost comes, and, as a natural 

 consequence, it will be so late in perfecting 

 its crops that quite likely none of it will ripen 

 fully before cold weather comes. 



If, at the coming of cold weather, your 

 plants are well set with fully grown but only 

 partially ripened fruit, pull them up by the 

 roots, hang them on the sunny side of a build- 

 ing, and let the warmth and sunshine of pleas- 

 ant days finish the ripening process as it will, 



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