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BILL OF DETAILS. 



Strawberries, 260 hills, two plants to a hill — 520 plants at three- 

 fourths cent, 83.90 ; 37 grapes at 20 cents, S7.40 ; rhubarb, 7 hills 

 at 8 cents, 6 56 ; black raspberries, 30 at 5 — Si. 80 ; gooseberries, 

 54 at 8— S4.32 ; blackberries, 73 at 5— $3.64 ; total, S26.39. 



Apple trees, 40 at 20 cents, 88.00; pear, 27 at 30—88.10; 

 cherry, 27 at 30—88.10; plum, 30 at 30—89.00; total, 833.20, 

 added to the small fruit list, making 859.58. 



The strip of ground might be twice as long as wide — ISO feet 

 north and south and ninety feet wide. This will give seven main 

 rows for the large fruit trees running north and south to secure 

 sunlight on both sides ; four rows of apple trees thirty feet apart 

 each way ; between these three rows pears same distance apart 

 standing quincunx order to the apple trees. Between the apple 

 and pears go the cherry and plums, and in this fifteen feet space 

 go the currants, gooseberries, etc. 



CHOICE OF VARIETIES. 



The aim should be for good quality for the family table, hardi- 

 ness, productiveness, and succession in ripening. 



Strawberry. — Early Michel, Lovett's Early, Crescent, Parker 

 Earle. 



Raspberry.— Thompson's Extra Early, Golden Queen, Cuthbert, 

 Shaffer, Olden. 



Grape. — Moore's Early, Moore's Diamond, Moyer, Delaware, 

 Green Mountain. 



Rhubarb. — Strawberry. 



Gooseberry. — Dov/ning, Red Jacket. 



Currant. — Red, Cherry, White Grape, Fay. 



Blackberry. — Wilson's Early. 



Apples. — Two each of Yellow Transparent, Red Astrachan, 

 High-top Sweet, Sweet Bough, Porter, Rolfe, Hurlburt, R. I. 

 Greening, Fameuse, Yellow Bellflower, Jersey Greening, Ben Davis, 

 Crab, Talman Sweet, six Milding, three Duchess, three Somerset. 



Pears. — Idaho, Wilder, Krull, Bessimianka. 



Cherry. — Pearly Richmond, Ostheimer, Abesse, Suda, Montmor- 

 ency, Dyehouse. 



Plums — Red June, Burbank, Abundance, Satsuma. 



