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on the outside with soil and manure. Plant the seeds in 

 rows with labelled sticks between each kind. Sprinkle 

 over warm water with a rose-sprinkler, and adjust the 

 sashes. Give the bed fresh air at noon every fair day, 

 and see that the young plants do not suffer for water. 



CHAPTER IX. 

 SMALL FRUITS AND GARDEN FRUIT TREES. 



Without undertaking any great detour through the 

 extensive field of Horticulture, I will name some fruits 

 that everybody owning an acre of land, with the blessing 

 of God's sunlight upon it, ought to have. As with 

 vegetables, it involves no more time, labor, or space, to 

 grow good fruits than to grow poor and unimproved 

 sorts. And aside from the not great expense of securing 

 good varieties, there is no reason why the farmer's table, 

 above all tables in the world, should not be supplied, the 

 year round, with these most delicious and healthful of 

 foods, viz : Apples, Cranberries, and dried or canned Ber- 

 ries, for winter and spring ; Currants and Strawberries 

 for early summer ; Raspberries, Blackberries, and Melons 

 from July to September ; Grapes, Pears, Plums and 

 Peaches throughout the autumn. What a magnificent 

 bill of fare ! And all, with the exception of large apple 

 trees, can be grown upon an acre of ground. 



APPLES. 



Among Apples suited to garden inclosures is the Tetof- 

 sky, which has this hard name because it is a Russian 



