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surface roots be injured. Plants set in 

 the fall — the earlier the better — will 

 |)ro(luc(! line fi-iiit the following June, 

 and will make a far greater growth 

 than if the planting be postponed till 

 spring. 



As soon as freezing we£ither comes, 

 the whole surface of the bed should be 



covered to the depth of two or three 

 inches with straw or any light litter. 

 Early in the spring, when the plants 

 begin to grow, the covering should be 

 removed from over the crown of each 

 plant, and left between to keep the 

 ground moist and the fruit clean. — [M. 

 Crawford, in Farm and Hoiiie.] 



USES OF FRUITS. 



Fruits for Health How to Eat Them. 



TiiK Motiitt^ur cV Horticulture, of 

 Paris, France, is now one of our ex- 

 changes, and we shall have pleasure in 

 occasionally translating an article for 

 the benefit of our readers. The last 

 number, under the head of Hygienic 

 Gossip, says : 



" For more than one reason fruit 

 should be regarded as both wholesome 

 and curative. Its influence upon the 

 human system has not been sufficiently 

 pointed out, and this is a fault, for 

 we can, with the aid of fruits alone, 

 alleviate, or else completely cure all the 

 ills to which our wretched body is sub- 

 jeet. It is a fact, discovered l)y 

 science, that persons of robust constitu- 

 tion, who eat good fruits in moderation, 

 live to a very advanced age. Yet, for 

 all that, one should just know how to 

 eat them. 



" Avoid swallowing the skins of pears, 

 peaches and apples, the stones of 

 cherries and apricots, likewise the seeds 

 of oranges and lemons. These in- 

 soluble substances lie heavy upon the 

 stomach, and sometimes cause very 

 serious trouble in the intestines. 



" Reject the skin of the grape as well 

 as that of the orange ; by itself, the 

 Heshy part of any fruit, when mature, 

 is very nourishing ; but take it as a 

 sort of sul)stantial dish, and not as 

 dessert. Plums, cherries and grapes 

 are not as easy to digest as peaches, 

 which contain a larger proportion of 

 soluble elements ; also, one can recom- 

 mend the latter for weak stomachs. 



With your fruit eat some dry bread, 

 because it has the effect of cleansing 

 the tongue and enables you the better 

 to taste the flavor of the fruit itself." 

 A doctor once said : " Nothing does 

 more to rid me of patients than the 

 daily use of fruit. It clears the organs 

 of every impurity." 



Cider Vinegar. 



Unless near a large market it is 

 often difficult to sell the suiplus of 

 summer and fall apples owing in great 

 measure to their lack of keeping ([uali- 

 ties. One good way to dispose of them 

 is to work them into vinegar. It will 

 not be long now before apples will begin 

 to ripen, and those who have a large 

 number of early apple trees will find 

 the following article from the N. E. 

 Homestead suggestive and of value : 



Good wholesome cider vinegar is 

 seldom met with nowadays in a grocery. 

 The product called cider vinegar sold 

 everywhereingroceries is manufactured 

 on a large scale directly from alcohol 

 by diluting it with water, adding a 

 little yeast, and exposing the mixture 

 to the air. The last operation is best 

 effected by causing the litjuor to trickle 

 slowly through a cask filled with beech 

 or oak shavings which have been pre- 

 viously soaked in vinegar. This pro- 

 cess is known as the ([uick process of 

 making vinegar, and it is very sharp. 

 It is reasonable to suppose that good 

 vinegar cannot be m.ide in this way. 

 The best vinegar, therefore, can be 



