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quart. The gooseberry is marketed both in the green 

 and ripe state, and sells at about the same price as the 

 currant. 



Varieties. 



Among the varieties of the gooseberry to be recom- 

 mended are: English Industry, Triumph, and White- 

 smith; American Downing, Pearl, and Red Jacket. 



THE STRAWBERRY. 



In many particulars this fruit is of more importance 

 than the apple or the grape. It can. be grown on smaller 

 areas, takes the shortest time to produce, and comes 

 earlier in the season. It is a healthful fruit, and will 

 yield more to the acre than any other, large or small, 

 having yielded, on small plots, at the rate of over 2-0,000 

 quarts per acre, and a single acre has produced more 

 than 15,000 quarts. 



The Soil. 



The strawberry succeeds best in a deep, sandy loam 

 soil, well supplied with organic matter from stable or 

 clover sod or other material turned under the previous 

 season. Upon land in an ordinarily good condition ten 

 to fifteen cords of stable manure may be used, or a good 

 crop may be grown in such land with commercial fertil- 

 izers rich in potash and phosphoric acid, from 1500 to 

 2000 pounds per acre. This had best be put on at 

 three intervals i.e., 500 pounds spread on the rows at 

 setting the plants, 500 more in early July, and the bal- 

 ance the last of August or early September. 



Setting the Plants. 



Plants for setting should be young runners with an 

 abundance of white roots. These are taken from the 

 edges of fruiting beds or from beds grown for this pur- 

 pose, the latter generally being stronger. The spring 



