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also a place where the soil is right for his business. I am of the opinion 

 that it is easier to buy the right kind of soil than it is to make it after you 

 have bought that which is unsuitable. 



In planting small fruits, etc., it pays to use the plough a great deal, and 

 to mark out in such a way that the plants can always be cultivated in two 

 ways. 



At the outset, two crops may be grown ; for instance, with grapes, by 

 planting twelve feet apart, the space intervening maybe utilized with vege- 

 tables. 



What should be planted in order to realize the most money will depend 

 upon the soil. On a clay loam, for instance, I would plant largely of cur- 

 rants, but on a light sandy soil I would plant few currants. In suitable soil 

 I find currants profitable, and gooseberries also on a moderate scale. 



Raspberries I have grown very largely, and have found them as profit- 

 able as any other fruit. I always cultivate them two ways. 



My method of sale is to take orders from private families, dealing as 

 much as possible with them ; because in this way I can get back all my 

 baskets, and, with them, the cash the same day. 



Blackberries, grapes, quinces, with a few plums and pears, are all suit- 

 able to be grown on a ten-acre lot. 



One great secret of success is constant cultivation, and this there is no 

 reason to neglect on a small place. I sometimes cultivate and hoe my fruit 

 garden as often as fifteen times in a single season. 



HOW TO GET BIG BERRY CROPS. 



11 yi R. L. B. PIERCE, writing in Vick's Magazine, gives some excellent 

 ^jYj hints for success in the culture of raspberries and currants, from 

 which we take the following points : 

 For Black Cap Raspberries or Currants there is little danger of getting 

 the ground too rich. A study of the native haunts of the Raspberry, grow- 

 ing by decayed stumps and logs, and in rich fence rows, should convince 

 anyone what the needs of this fruit are. Raspberries seem to take consider- 

 able from the ground, and, imlike Blackberries, leave it after a few years very 

 much impoverished. The difference in the first crop of raspberries between 

 rich and poor soil is wonderful. A neighbor last year gathered two and 

 one-half bushels of Gregg Raspberries from three rows twenty-four feet long. 

 The canes arch seven feet from the ground, and are wonderful to see. The 

 ground is a rich garden, and was top-dressed with fine manure. 



An acquaintance planted one thousand Gregg Raspberries on a barn lot 

 of very rich soil, and gathered, fourteen months later, thirty bushels of fruit. 



