FRUIT FOR THE SMALL GARDEN 



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Propagation of the Gooseberry is done by cuttings of the ripened 

 shoots. The following varieties are each good: 

 Downing. Large, pale green, soft and juicy; quite prolific. 

 Industry. Large, dark red; good cropper. 

 Red Jacket. Large, red, good flavor. 

 White Lion. One of the finest. 



The popular Raspberry is always welcome in the home, and 

 it is only when freshly gathered that it has that lovely flavor peculiar 

 to this fruit and which makes it so desirable in the home garden. 



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A simple, durable and efficient barrel sprayer 



Raspberries must be handled with the greatest care or the fruit will 



become bruised and soon ferment. Small bas- 



RASPBERRIES kets should be used when picking, to prevent 



excessive weight, which invariably crushes the 



tender berries, and they soon become unfit for use. 



The plants are not particuleu: about the kind of^oil they grow in, 

 nor the location. They grow best in a good, rich, weU drained, loamy, 

 cultivated garden soil, and should be plemted in rows two feet apEo't 

 Eind four feet between the rows. They are best tied to a wire trellis 

 for support and to facilitate ease in gathering the fruit. 



The young growths which spring from the base of the plants, 

 should be thinned out to four or five, and after the season's fruit is 

 over, the old fruited wood should be cut out close to the ground, and 



