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ries and Blackberries. This winter mulcli or covering of clover should 

 of course be plowed under in the early spring. The Crimson Clover is 

 the most valuable plant to use for the purposes' heretofore named. It 

 does not succeed in all cold climates, however, but where it tails you will 

 almost invariably find the Red Clover a valuable substitute. With the 

 judicious employment of these Clovers we are enabled to get the largest 

 and cleanest crops and keep our ground quite fresh and new at all 

 times. 



THE APPLE. 



SUITABLE SOILS. 



This "King of the Tree Fruits" will grow and, with proper care and 

 cultivation, give good results on a variety of soils and in various climates. 

 Most any kind of farm land that will produce a good crop of corn, wheat 

 or potatoes is well suited and adapted to the growing of the Apple. Its 

 favorite soils are a strong, rich loam of a limestone nature, or a deep 

 strong, gravelly, marly loam. Perhaps the best flavored and highest 



colored fruit is produced from a strong, rich sandy loam, with a gravelly 

 sub-soil. It must be understood, however, that land with the gravelly 

 sub-soil as above described is leechy, more or less depending on its gen- 

 eral characteristics, consequently much more diflicult to keep in a 

 high state of fertility than ground with a clay sub-soil. It is a well-rec- 



