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den in very dry weather irrigation should be used 

 if possible. The yield per acre is very heavy, and, 

 of course, the plants must be given plant food in 

 proportion. 



Raspberries, Currants, Gooseberries. 



Sow broadcast, in the fall, a mixture of 300 pounds 

 of acid or superphosphate and 50 pounds sulphate of 

 potash per acre if obtainable. This can be done, if 

 the rows are four feet apart, by sowing a large hand- 

 ful at every two steps on each side of the row. Rasp- 

 berries and gooseberries should have a small handful, 

 and currants a large handful to each bush. This 

 should be cultivated in, if possible, early in the 

 spring. Sow Nitrate of Soda in the same way. It 

 will pay to put on as much Nitrate as you did acid 

 or superphosphate, but if you do not want to put on 

 so much, use smaller handfuls. 



Our Formula for Raspberries and Currants. 



Nitrate alone 200 lbs. per acre 



or preferably 



Nitrate 300 lbs. per acre 



Acid Phosphate 300 lbs. per acre 



When potash salts can be conveniently obtained 

 we advise the use of fifty pounds of sulphate of 

 potash to the acre every other year. 



Strawberries. 



This plant requires a moist soil, but not one water- 

 logged at any time of the year. A light clay loam, 



