lOUS 



2,720 

 1,742 

 1,200 

 680 

 430 

 325 

 200 

 135 

 110 

 70 

 50 



>ie is clean 

 1 stalks, or 

 e had, well 

 ivings will 

 ;aps, and a 

 IS tor 



few 

 st mulchin 



the practice 

 in the 8uni- 

 These fall 

 iilch, evenly 



I "Fruit that 

 doing they 

 e si/e i'rviit, 



those who 

 Fruit. A"y 

 surface, late 

 jrround from 

 J strawberry 

 ,, Fall. L^^t It 

 Ids are formed 

 disturbed by 



the action of the frost, the bud must be proportionally 

 damaged ; therefore the great importance of preventing 

 this 'heaving" of the soil. To do this, mdlfn freezings 

 and thawings of the surface must be guarded against and 

 prevented. This is easily accomplished by merely scatter- 

 inii' enouirh mulching over the surface to shade it." 



After Spring opens, it is a good plan to pass over the 

 plantation and loosen up this mulching, especially if it be 

 coarso. heavy material, so as to allow a free circulation of 

 air to the soil ; for we have become satisfied that soil is 

 "soured" by allowing such to lay bound close to the sur- 

 face, and the plantation damaged by such causes. Herein 

 is the trouble why many propagators denounce sorghum 

 biigassa. If they would stir it up after Spring opens, and 

 draw it away from over the crowns of the plants, they 

 wcr.ld lind it one of the best materials for mulching. 



MARKETING FRUIT. 



"A little jnactice is the best teacher." It is almost im- 

 possible to give minute instructions on this subject. A 

 visit to the market and dealer you intend to ship to will 

 give you a better insight into the details of shipping, sell- 

 ing, &;c., than can be learned from all the books in the 

 land. The question of supply and demand must 1 j 

 looked into. If the home market is small and your planta- 

 tion large, you must acquaint yourself with a large mar- 

 ket to ship to. If the large market is likely to be supplied 

 with a larue ([uantity of inferior "last run" fruit from a 

 point i'urther South, endeavor to make arrangements to 

 ship your fiuit to a market further North. 



Ship clean, evenly ripened fruit, in clean, neat looking 

 l)askets or boxes, with your name on each box and case, 

 and no trou]>le need be apprehended but what your fruit 

 will sell for paying prices, even if the market is largely 

 supplied. 



Send each day by mail invoice of shipment, and require 

 prompt returns and reports from the consignor. 



Do not pick the fruit when wet by dew or rain, unless 

 it is positively necessary, from frecjuent showers, to prevent 

 too many ripening up. Take Irom the iield to market or 

 cars in a spring wagon, and have them handled careluUy 

 and kept '• right side up." 



