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profuse bloomer, starts readily, is not subject to disease or in- 

 sect attacks, and will succeed with any reasonable treatment. 



It will grow eight or ten feet high as a dense, stout bush, or 

 may be kept trimmed to any height. The red cedar is probably 

 our surest evergreen and is well adapted for hedges. Trees ob- 

 tained from Minnesota seem perfectly hardy. It is not a rapid 

 grower, though last season our trees made a growth of about a 

 foot. It is of course an ornament the year round and for that 

 reason should appeal to those wanting something unusually fine 

 if they are prepared to give it the attention it demands till it 

 becomes established. The plants of the red cedar should be 

 set about two feet apart, of the others named, about one foot. 



TRIMMING HEDGES. 



For this purpose a straight corn knife kept well sharpened 

 is used. The straggling branches are lopped off by quick upward 

 strokes. The trimming may be done any time in the summer, not 

 later than the last of July, or the last thing before winter sets 

 in. Trimming in late summer causes a new growth to start that 

 is likely to be winter killed. The older branches in a hedge as 

 they begin to get scraggy may be cut out entirely and sometimes 

 it is necessary to cut the whole hedge back to the ground to get 

 a new healthy growth. 



No one feature on our own grounds is more admired than 

 the hedges and considering the ease with which they are grown 

 and the necessity for some sort of boundary about the place for 

 shelter and protection there is no reason why they should not 

 be universally planted. 



FRUIT CULTUEE. 



The success that the Experiment Station and many private 

 growers have had with small fruits has led to numerous inquiries 

 as to the methods employed and the varieties that may be recom- 

 mended. We do not advise anyone to attempt the cultivation of 

 fruits without providing for their shelter by means of windbreaks. 

 This is particularly true of strawberries that suffer greatly 

 through the effects of drying south winds and applies in a greater 

 or less degree to all fruits. 



The shelter should be along the south as the destructive winds 

 come from that quarter. For the location of the fruit plantation 



