The Home Garden 



can procure from a neighbor who has plants to 

 give away. 



The plants sent out from the dealers will be 

 one-year-old ones. That is, they will have had 

 one season's growth from root-cuttings. Set 

 them out in rows five feet apart, and at least 

 four feet apart in the row. Five, or even six, 

 will be better, if you have plenty of garden 

 space at your disposal, as that will give you 

 more room to work among them. They will 

 be likely to about half cover the ground the 

 first season, if you give them a rich soil and 

 keep them going steadily ahead, as you should 

 if you expect a good crop of fruit from them 

 next year. 



Keep the cultivator going among them most 

 of the season. If they do not seem to be mak- 

 ing as strong a growth as you think necessary 

 apply more manure, and work it well about the 

 roots of the plants. 



After the first year, when the plants have 

 become thoroughly established, they will make 

 so strong a growth that they will meet in the 

 rows, and it will be a difficult matter to use the 

 cultivator between them. Here the hoe will 

 come in play. 



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