110 Bush-Fruits 



the plants for throwing up shoots from broken roots is 

 then brought into full play, and they make a vigorous 

 fight for life. A good method of exterminating them is to 

 mow off and burn the bushes, then plow deep, directly 

 after fruiting. Thorough harrowing with a spring-tooth 

 harrow will tear out many of the stumps. From that 

 time, all shoots should be kept down by some system of 

 cultivation which will cut them off below the surface of 

 the ground. Replowing some two months later will often 

 be found a help. While some shoots may appear the fol- 

 lowing year, with this system of treatment they will cause 

 no serious trouble in the cultivation of ordinary crops. If 

 the land is to be used for fine or delicate crops, the stumps 

 will need to be removed. 



HAEDINESS 



Since the difference between a full crop, with good 

 profits, and no crop, with utter loss, may depend on hardi- 

 ness alone, this is a matter of no little importance. In 

 the climate of central New York varieties like Brunton's 

 Early, Topsy, and usually Wilson's Early and Wilson 

 Junior, generally kill to the ground every winter, while 

 Taylor, Agawam, Stone's Hardy, Snyder, and so on are 

 slightly or not at all injured. 



In many parts of the West and Northwest, as Colorado, 

 Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, and the like, no varieties 

 prove hardy without winter protection and, curiously 

 enough, the matter of selection for hardiness becomes of 

 less import there than in milder climates. The ability to 

 endure summer heat is there the important consideration. 



