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White Antwerp. — This is a large and very excellent 

 fruit, of a dull yellow color. Canes rather tender for 

 cold situations. 



Fastolf. — One of the best of raspberries. Fruit 

 dull red, juicy, melting, highly perfumed, and very 

 prolific. 



Franconia. — A choice French variety. Fruit large, 

 dull red, melting, juicy, and perfumed. Very pro- 

 lific. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



This most delicious fruit should be found in every 

 garden. It propagates itself very rapidly by runners, 

 which take root and send up new plants. These- are 

 usually taken up in August and set in the permanent 

 bed. The ground should be spaded from one to 

 two feet deep and thoroughly manured. Set the 

 plants in rows two feet apart and from six to twelve 

 inches apart in the row. Keep free of weeds and be- 

 fore the fruit ripens, place clean straw or new mown 

 grass around the plants to preserve the berries clean. 

 Some lay out their ground in beds three feet wide, 

 leaving a space of three feet between the beds. Set 

 in each bed three rows of plants, 12 inches apart in 

 the rows. The third year, spade the space between 

 the beds, liberally enrich them, and permit the run- 

 ners to take root in them. The fourth spring from 

 setting, dig up the old beds and use them for walks. 

 To produce large and perfect crops of fruit, the beds 

 should have a yearly coating of manure and liberal 

 waterings from the time they blossom till the fruit is 

 nearly perfected. The blossoms of wild vines have 

 stamens and pistils, and are called hennorphrodite or 

 perfect blossoms ; those of some of the many seed- 

 lings now popular are staminate or male, and some jk'W- 

 tillate or female. The last two kinds do not bear well 

 when planted alone. The course pursued by success- 

 ful cultivators, is to plant a row of staminate, then 

 three or four rows of pistillate, alternating the one 



