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SMALL FRUITS FOR THE FAMILY. 



[Fob Pubdt'S Small Fbuit Instructor.] 



Every family should have an abundant supply of strawberries, currants, raspberries, 

 «nd blackberries. These four kinds will give loaded dishes on the table daily through- 

 ,init the summer months. They will contribute to health, comfort and economy — save 

 aptchers' and grocers' bills, and make home pleasant. One-fourth of an acre, as weL 

 liaJtivated as a good field of corn and potatoes, will fiirnish all these luxuries. The 

 same amount of substantial benefit cannot be had so cheaply in any other way. 



Every one likes good fruit. It has been eaten by old and young for six thousand 

 years, and there is no reason why it may not for six thousand more, if the world con- 

 tinues. The appetite for it is natural, healthful, and universal. Boys will often steal 

 hard green apples rather than be deprived of fruit; and girls will make long walks 

 through bushes and briars to get a few small, imperfect berries in their baskets, when 



«y might be 1 had incomparably better, and far more abundantly in the well cultivated 

 den row at home. The great difficulty is, the owners of gardens will not take the 

 pams to procure the plants ; or, after they have procured them, they are badly neg- 

 lected. The farmer, too, often leaves the care of his garden the last thing. JIe should 

 always take it in hand first of all, and then cultivate and hoe his com and potatoes 

 afterwards. The garden, for the amount of labor, pays much the best, and is soon 

 through with. Always put it first on the list, and the farm crops afterwards. 



Strawberries are as cheaply raised as potatoes, after the plantation is made, if done 

 Jfeht. Badly cultivated, tney are costly. It is very common to get from a clean bed 

 Of the Wilson, cultivated on the hill system, at the rate of two hundred bushels per 



