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SCHOOL AND HOME GARDENING 



After the blackberry crop is all picked, prune out the old 

 canes and make room for young growth (Fig. 135). Prune 

 raspberries less severely by cutting out two-year-old canes 

 and trimming others that are too high. 



Prune out the dead rose heads and keep the bushes grow- 

 ing for the sake of a good show next year. 



The orchard should be provided with a winter cover crop. 



FiQ. L65. — Blackberries grown in small gardens may be cut to the ground 

 after each crop is picked. The bushes may then be kept low and less spreading. 

 (New Jersey Station.) _ , , 



sown late this month or early next month. Crimson clover 

 is one of the best crops for this purpose. It is not too late 

 to sow cowpeas and soybeans as green manure in the orchard 

 to be disked or harrowed in about the first of October. A 

 winter cover of vetch and rye may then be used. 



AUGUST 



Vegetables. — Persons in charge of school gardens should 

 make such plantings now as will give results during the fall 



