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of two quarts of fruit to the yard last summer, and 

 the fact is worth repeating. 



Tall growers of well-proved merit, for wires and 

 stakes, are Rivers' Hornet, Prince of Wales, and 

 Superlative. Any of these may be tried that are 

 the most readily obtainable, and the number can 

 soon be increased if desired. 



If there is no material departure from the in- 

 structions given, a fair measure of success may be 

 expected by cottagers and small holders of land 

 who have had little or no experience in growing 

 crops of this nature for home use or market pur- 

 poses. 



GOOSEBERRIES. 



Strawberries are delicious and wholesome, es- 

 pecially in their natural state, and Raspberries take 

 high rank, especially for preserving, but both are 

 useless when unripe : it is not so with Gooseberries. 

 These occupy the same position early in the season 

 that Apples do later as food products, and both are 

 indispensable one the most substantial and most 

 in demand of small, as the other is of large fruits 

 grown in this country. 



Gooseberry trees are raised from cuttings, and 

 the process is so simple and easily explainable that 



