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GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



vegetable mould added. Ashes and stable manure are 

 excellent. The rows are run nine feet apart, and the 

 plants are placed in these rows eight to nine feet apart, 

 each plant opposite the vacant space in the next row. 

 Marketing. — The banana is sold to the fruit-dealer on 

 the bunch. The shipment is made either in barrels or 

 barrel-crates, with the fruit packed in straw, or placed 

 snugly in fruit-cars, when shipped in large quantities to 

 one dealer, with each bunch wrapped with straw or paper 

 to protect from bruising. 



THE BLACKBERRY.— ( 7? ubus villosus, etc.) 



The Blackberry is a tolerable dessert fruit, being used 

 for tarts, pies, puddings, jams, and preserves. It con- 



Fig. 186— Early Harvest Black- 

 berry. One-half size. 



Fig. 187— Wilson's 



Early Blackberry. 



Average size. 



tinues a long time in bearing, and the fruit may be dried 

 for winter use. A very good wine is made from the juice, 

 which more nearly resembles Madeira than any made 

 from our native grapes. There is a white variety, which 

 differs from the black only in color, and is occasionally 

 found growing wild amongst the black. 



