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in many respects. The plants should be sot out al)out the 

 same distance apart, or possibly in rows three feet apart. 

 The first vigorous runners are then trained in a line with the 

 parent plants, but not detached from them. When this line 

 is filled out so as to make one continuous row, with plants 

 about four or five inches apart, no more runners should be 

 allowed to form. This system possesses nearly all the ad- 

 vantages of the former, and besides gives larger 3'ields. 

 S(mie varieties, like Clyde, which are naturally light-colored 

 and rather soft, gave surprisingly better results as regards 

 color and firmness the past season when grown in this way. 

 The mass of fruit on one side of the rows, fully exposed to 

 the air and sun, was a sight worth seeing. 



The wide matted row and narrow matted row are really a 

 modification of one system. By this plan the plants are 

 set some three and one-half or four feet wide by one and 

 one-half feet in the rows. No runners are allowed to o-row 

 until the parent plant has become well established, and then 

 all or a limited number of runners, accordino- to the Avide or 

 narrow row system, are allowed to root. The o-eneral ten- 

 dency of this sj^stem is to grow vines at the expense of the 

 fruit. Large yields are sometimes obtained, but generally 

 of smaller and poorer fruit. 



Whatever the sj^stem adopted, or the character of the soil 

 on which the plants are grown, it is of the utmost importance 

 to start Avith plants of unimpaired vigor, and keep them 

 thus. Feed liberall}^ and spray with Bordeaux mixture 

 occasionall}^ Cultivate frequently. Experiment, and study 

 the varieties and adaptation to soil. 



Marketing Apples in Boxes. 

 A feeling has been steadily gaining ground among the 

 growers of good apples that some package smaller and neater 

 than the connnon barrel should be used in marketing the 

 fruit. It seems unnecessary to here review all the consid- 

 erations which have influenced fruit growers in coming to 

 this conclusion. There are many things to be said in favor 

 of smaller packages. There are also some few objections and 

 many qualifications to be made. The movement toward the 



