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small, they axe more apt to be washed out by rains, and covered over too much by the 

 soil when cultivated. Care should be taken to have a furrow kept open along the top 

 of the hill to carry the water off in excessive .showers, so that it will not all run down 

 the side of the hill, washingi plants out badly: Have every 4th or 5th row of plants 

 that run up the hillside, further apart than 4he rest, and between each keep a furrow 

 plowed up to the furrow that runs along the brow of the hill. These will carry the 

 surplus water away safely, and prevent washing off plants. : 



NOTE.— We And that we have a large amount of "copy" and matter left on hand 

 that was intended for this work, and that attention is called to it in different places, 

 but space and ithe necessity of putting the work immediately to press to satisfy those 

 who have sent forward the price, and are now -sending us the seeond and third letter 

 complaining of its non-receipt, compels us to print it without further delay. 

 : The matter we have in hand will appear from time to time- in The ( Fbum 

 Recorder, 



THE FRUIT RECORDER AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



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A MONTHLY PAPER OF 16 PAGES, DEVOTED SOLELY TO FRUITS, 

 FLOWERS & VEGETABLES, AT ONLY $1 PER YEAR. 



It is edited by a person who has had a life-time of- practical experience, and who 

 now has under cultivation TWO HUNDRED ACRES OF SMALL FRUITS, 

 besides over Four Thousand Fruit Trees in Orchard Form, and an immense amount 

 of Glass Forcing Houses, Ornamental Grounds, &c, &c. He takes, or exchanges for 

 over thirty Agricultural and Horticultural papers, besides reading the most practical 

 books on these subjects, and from his extensive practical experience endeavors to 

 copy into the Reookdek only such matter as will prove of practical benefit to its 

 readers. _ Thus you get for the small sum of $ 1.00 the cream of these papers,' besides 

 the long experience and observations of the; Editor. For years, as we, have been 

 engaged in the busincsis of Fruit-Growing, here and in Indiana, we have been dbliged 

 to take eight or ten papers, to get such information as we desired, to assist us in our 

 tiusinesp, gleaning a little from this paper and from that. It is a well-known /fact 

 that most of the Horticultural papers are jealously careful not' to copy articles from 

 other papers, no matter how valuable, fearing by so doing that they will advertise the 

 merits of such papers, and detract from their boasted originality. How, we don't 

 profess so much knowledge or originality as to lihrow aside original matter of this 

 kind, but shall " cut and slash" whenever we can find valuable matter, copying such, 

 and, of course, giving the proper credit. "We also have articles in every number from 

 some of the most practical Fruit Growers in the United States. The two to three pa- 

 ges of " Questions and Answers," besides the Editor's "Walks and Jottings over the 

 Fruit Farms," have given such universal satisfaction that they will be continued ; 

 also, " Prof. Keen Eye's Observations," -will take up a certain space, and correspon- 

 dence from all parts of the country, relative to fruit growing, &c. ..; 



We can send the back volumes bound, beginning with 1871, at $1.00 per yearj 

 and also the 12 Numbers for 1870, bound in a neat paper cover, for 50 cents, post-paid*" 

 (It was half its present size in 1870 — hen.ee the low price for that volume.) 



1 The reader should remember that our paper is not like a news paper-— of no -value 

 as soon as it gets out of date, but that the first number contains matter of just as much 

 importance to the fruit grower as the last. The bound volume for 1870 has a conttah 

 Ued article throughout every number, entitled, "Expectations Realized," by Prof. 

 Keen Eye, while the subsequent numbers contain contiMed articles from the same 

 writer. These alone are worth the price of the paper. 



A SAMPLE COPY WILL BE SENT TO ALL APPLICANTS. , 



A. M. PUEDY, , 



Editor and Proprietor^ 



