ofio SOME 



^ SMALL FRUITS 



will have a good effect. In a few days the plants 

 will put out runners. Allow one runner to 

 grow from each plant, and layer this between the 

 old plants in a straight row. "Layering" is 

 covering the runner at one or more points with 

 earth, or really planting it. It will develop 

 roots at these points and become a strawberry 

 plant. In from two to three weeks it will have 

 got a good start, and then you can take up the 

 old plants. In this way you can renew your 

 own strawberry patch every year at Httle trouble 

 or expense, if you get good plants to start with. 



Some reference to the possible yields of straw- 

 berry beds has been made elsewhere in this 

 book, so it wiU not be necessary to repeat here, 

 but you will be making your own records soon, 

 if you follow these simple rules. 



Raspberries and blackberries succeed in any 

 soil that is not too wet and heavy, and there 

 are good profits in their growing. If you in- 

 tend to take up the culture of these fruits, you 

 will do well to read " Bush Fruit," by Prof. F. 

 W. Card. The bushes of both should be cut 

 back and pruned in the spring, the raspberry 

 being easy to handle with ordinary hand-shears, 

 but a blackberry hook is better for dealing with 

 the sharp thorns of that bush. 



As soon as the fruit is gathered the fruiting 



