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fall-plowing and regular cultivation are preventives; 

 never plant strawberries on ground which has been 

 in sod within two or three years and you'll have little 

 trouble with white grubs. 



RASPBERRIES AND BLACKBERRIES. To get a start, 

 buy plants of a nurseryman; or propagate from an 

 old patch, as follows : New plants of the red rasp- 

 berry and blackberry may be obtained by digging the 

 larger vigorous roots and cutting in pieces two or 

 three inches in length, 

 according to their size ; 

 the smaller the root 

 the longer it should be 

 cut. Cut the roots in 

 the fall and store in 

 boxes of sand placed in a 

 dry, cool cellar until 

 spring. As soon as the 

 ground can be properly 

 prepared, scatter the root 

 pieces thinly in furrows 

 and cover with two 

 inches of light, loamy 

 soil. Choose a moist, par- 

 tially shaded situation, 

 keep clean and free from 

 weeds, and by fall you 

 will have a good supply of strong, healthy plants 

 for early spring setting (for the North I favor 

 spring setting). An easier way, is to dig suckers 

 or sprouts that come up along or between the rows, 

 being sure to secure with each sprout a short por- 

 tion of the cross root from which it grew; dig 

 and set these in permanent rows in the early spring. 

 (Much of this digging, however, hurts a patch.) 



GET BERRIES OUT OF THE SUN 

 AND INTO THE PACKING- 

 SHED QUICKLY 



