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buy them for the new garden I propose to plant next 

 year, and this is a fair return from the garden of $9 

 The grape cuttings are also intended for the new 

 place and will save at least 10 cents each, as they are 

 all choice kinds, thus making a return of $4. These 

 things are as much a crop as cauliflowers. They save 

 buying plants next spring, and it is perfectly fair to 

 add them to the returns from the garden, Had they 

 not been wanted, of course the ground would have 

 produced some other crop of less or equal value. 

 The strawberry bed of sixty-four plants gave also 200 

 new plants, their value at i cent each being included 

 in the return from the garden. 



The sixty-four Jessie strawberry plants in my 

 garden gave us, between June 21st and July 7th, just 

 23 quarts of very fine strawberries. The berries were 

 uniformly large, some of the very largest berries be- 

 ing picked in the last quart. The place is too shaded 

 for the best results, and I think with more sunshine 

 and a trifle more rain they would have done much 

 better. The flavor is '' piney," bright and spicy. We 

 bought no berries at the stores, as these were so fine. 

 I propagated extensively for a new plantation for 

 next year. I would decidedly recommend the Jessie 

 for small gardens and as a rather late crop. My 

 patch was entirely in hills, one foot apart each way, 

 and carried a crop of lettuce between the plants early 

 in the spring. Such close planting is a bit trouble- 

 some in gathering the crop, yet if you have only a 

 home lot it must be done where profit is to be re- 

 garded. 



As a whole my particular home lot was a happy 

 one. Nearly everything bore fair crops, and at dif- 

 ferent times during the season my table was supplied 

 with the following fruits and vegetables : Strawber- 

 ries, radish, peas, spinach, onions, beans, lettuce, tur- 



