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NCMBER OP TREES ON AN ACRE AT VARIOUS 



DISTANCES. 



At 4 feet apart each way 2,720 



" 5 " " 1,742 



" 6 " " 1,200 



" 8 " " 680 



" 10 " " 430 



" 12 " " 325 



'• 15 •' " 200 



" 18 " " 135 



" 20 " '* 110 



" 25 '• *' 70 



'• 30 " ♦* 50 



MULCHING MATERIAL. 



A. M. Purdy, says : " Tho best for this purpose is clean 

 rye straw, or hay of any kind, svvalo i^-rass, corn stalks, or 

 cruched sor'>huin stalks If these are not to be had, loell 

 rotted tan bark, saw-dust, or planing--mill shavings will 

 answer. If the latti>r could be thrown in heaps, and a 

 little lime scattered through it, and remain thus lor a few 

 months before using, it makes one of the best mvilching 

 materials. 



Many parties have tried, with good results, the practice 

 of sowing oats among their vines, late enough in the Sum- 

 mer (say Jaly) to prevent them from ripening These fall 

 down through the Winter, and make a line mulch, evenly 

 distributed over the entire surface. 



There is no part of the cultivation of Small Fruit that 

 pays better than mulching the vines, for by so doing they 

 will yield fully double the crop, and double the size fruit, 

 besides acting as a 



; WINTER PROTECTION. 



This has become a necessary practice with those who 

 are having the best success in growing Small Fruit. Any 

 of the above material scattered thinly over the surface, late 

 in the Fall, or early winter, will prevent the ground from 

 " heaving," which is the ruination of many strawberry 

 plantations that are almost perfection in the Fall. Let it 

 be remembered, that the germ of the fruit-buds are formed 

 in the Fall, and consequently, if plants are disturbed by 



