CONTENTS. 



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I. PRELIMINARY PARLEY . . . . . . , , .... 13 



II. THE FRUIT GARDEN . ...*.. . . , ; . . . 18 



III. SMALL FRUIT FARMING AND ITS PROFITS ...... 26 



IV. STRAWBERRIES THE FIVE SPECIES AND THEIR HISTORY ... 33 



V. IDEAL STRAWBERRIES VERSUS THOSE OF THE FIELD AND MARKET 44 



VI. CHOICE OF SOIL AND LOCATION . . . . . . . * . 48 



VII. PREPARING AND ENRICHING THE SOIL . . . . . . . 51 



Till. PREPARATION OF SOIL BY DRAINAGE . . . . \ . . . 60 



IX. THE PREPARATION OF SOILS COMPARATIVELY UNFAVORABLE . 71 



X. COMMERCIAL AND SPECIAL FERTILIZERS . . .... . 77 



XI. OBTAINING PLANTS AND IMPROVING OUR STOCK . . . . . 84 



XII. WHEN SHALL WE PLANT? ^ . , . . . . . ... . 88 



XIII. WHAT SHALL WE PLANT ?..... % .... 93 



XIV. SETTING OUT PLANTS .... 105 



XV. CULTIVATION . . . ..'..'.- . . . . . . . 109 



XVI. A SOUTHERN STRAWBERRY FARM, AND METHODS OF CULTURE . 121 



XVII. FORCING STRAWBERRIES UNDER GLASS -. . . . * . . 146 



XVTII. ORIGINATING NEW VARIETIES HYBRIDIZATION 150 



XIX. RASPBERRIES SPECIES, HISTORY, PROPAGATION, ETC. . . . 158 



XX. RASPBERRIES PRUNING STAKING MULCHING PROTECTION, ETC. 167 



XXL RASPBERRIES VARIETIES OF THE FOREIGN AND NATIVE SPECIES . 173 



XXII. RUBUS OCCIDENTALS BLACK-CAP AND PURPLE CANE RASPBERRIES 186 



XXIII. THE RASPBERRIES OF THE FUTURE 191 



XXIV. BLACKBERRIES VARIETIES, CULTIVATION, ETC 199 



XXV. CURRANTS CHOICE OF SOIL, CULTIVATION, PRUNING, ETC. . . 209 



XXVI. CURRANTS, CONTINUED PROPAGATION, VARIETIES . . . . 217 



XXVII. GOOSEBERRIES 226 



XXVIII. DISEASES AND INSECT ENEMIES OF SMALL FRUITS .... 232 



XXIX. PICKING AND MARKETING 247 



XXX. IRRIGATION 255 



XXXI. SUGGESTIVE EXPERIENCES FROM WIDELY SEPARATED LOCALITIES . 261 



XXXII. A FEW RULES AND MAXIMS 272 



XXXIII. VARIETIES OF STRAWBERRIES 279 



XXXIV. VARIETIES OF OTHER SMALL FRUITS 300 



XXXV. CLOSING WORDS 304 



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