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hundred pounds per acre ; the phiiits 

 were very beautiful, and leaves very 

 erect. 



Another case is the successful use of 

 it on a plat of Strawberries. 



Several instances are given of its ust- 

 on vines with tlie most Ijeneficial 

 eHects, especially on some that w«!r(' 

 greatly enfeebled and supposed to be 

 in a dying condition, and others whose 

 leaves had become a sulphury yellow, 

 indicative to vinyardists of lingering 

 disease ; in the former case the vines 

 took on a new growth, and in the 

 latter the foliage Ijecame perfectly 

 green. 



Its good eflect on Pear trees is no 

 ticed, in one case transforming, by its 

 action, fruits that were formerly hard 

 and gritty. Roses. Geraniums, Violets, 

 and other plants are mentioned as 

 receiving benelit from its use on them. 



The conclusion is, that copperas can 

 be employed to advantage on garden 

 crops at the rate of 250 to 900 pounds 

 per acre, using it in a solution of one 

 and one-half per cent., atid repeating 



the employment three or four times. 

 Vic.k'8 Mmjazine for September. 



Coal Ashes for Strawberries. 



E. S. CJuFK, of the New York Experi 

 mcnt Station, .says in the Rural Xev) 

 Y'jrker: "Three years ago, at Dr. 

 Sturtevant's suggestion, a Ijed of Sharp- 

 less strawberries was planted out and 

 heavily mulched with coal ashes. The 

 object was to see if this material would 

 not act beneficially in keeping down 

 weeds. It has done this in a marked 

 degree, but this is not all The yield 

 from the plants has been more abund- 

 ant than from another bed of the 

 .same variety that has received excellent 

 culture of the ordinary kind. The 

 plants have been almost entirely free 

 from blight, though the Sharple.ss blights 

 badly here when grown in the ordinary 

 way. I should have stated that the 

 bed has received no culture since the 

 mulching, except to remove the weeds 

 that were strong enough to grow 

 through the three inches of coal ashes." 



