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Success with Small Fruits. 



In many localities, however, stakes are dispensed with. In the garden, 

 wires, fastened to posts, are occasionally stretched along the rows, and 

 the canes tied to these. The method in this section, however, is to 

 insert stakes firmly in the hill, by means of a pointed crowbar, and the 

 canes are tied to them as early in spring as possible. Unless watched, the 

 boys who do the tying persist in leaving the upper cords of the canes loose. 

 These unsupported ends, when weighted with fruit and foliage, break, of 

 course. The canes should be snugly tied their whole length. 



If bushes made stocky by summer pruning are supported, let the stake 

 be inserted on the side opposite from which heavy winds are expected. 



WINTER PROTECTION TAKING UP PLANTS FOR SPRING USE 



STORING THEM. 



Nearly 'all foreign varieties and their seedlings need winter protection, 

 or are the better for it, north of the latitude of New York city. Many 

 of the hardier kinds, like the Herstine and Clarke, will usually survive if 

 bent over and kept close to the earth by the weight of poles or a shovelful 

 or two of soil ; but all of the Antwerp class need to be entirely covered. 

 To many, this winter covering is a great bugbear, even when only a 

 small patch in the garden is involved. There is a 

 constant demand for " perfectly hardy " varieties. It 

 should be remembered that many of the best kinds 

 are not hardy at all, and that perhaps none are 

 " perfectly hardy." The Turner has never been 

 injured on my place, and the Cuthbert is rarely 

 hurt; but occasionally they are partially killed, 

 more by alternations of freezing and thawing than 

 by steady cold. What are termed " open winters " 



are often the 

 most destruct- 

 ive. I find that 

 it pays to cover 

 all those kinds 

 that are liable 

 to injury, and, 

 as the varieties 

 are described, 



Pruning and Laying Down Canes. 



this need will be distinctly stated. The difficulties of covering are 

 chiefly imaginary, and it can be done by the acre at comparatively 



