84 INTENSIVE FARMING 



methods of pruning and training the vine are 

 extremely variable and form one of the horti- 

 cultural fine arts. The books on grape culture 

 and training will be found of as great interest 

 as the treatises on espalier training, and the his- 

 tory of the establishment of the grape indus- 

 try in Eastern United States is horticultural 

 tragedy. 



Strawberries and Raspberries. As inten- 

 sive industries, the cultivation of both straw- 

 berries and raspberries are more remunerative 

 than the culture of the vine, although neither 

 is as highly^ developed. The strawberry is 

 not expensive to establish or to maintain, and 

 when well grown and handled is highly remun- 

 erative, and where sufficient labor to handle the 

 crop is available it lends itself to extensive cul- 

 tivation. 



The strawberry is exceedingly cosmopolitan. 

 There are varieties adapted to every portion of 

 the United States and since it gives a quick re- 

 turn is one of the most satisfactory of the small 

 fruits. Yields of six thousand quarts per acre 

 have been produced under favorable conditions, 

 and crops of three to four thousand quarts are 

 not uncommon. 



This fruit lends itself to intercropping and to 

 double cropping better than any other fruit 



