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BLACKBERRIES 



JSTEW ROCHELLE, OR LA.WTON.— Monstrously large fruit, and very productive. 

 25 cents each ; $3 per dozen. (For cut see preceding page.) 



IMPROVED HIGH BUSH, OR DORCHESTER— Prolific and excellent ; very 

 hardy. 25 cents each ; $2 per dozen. 



KEWMAN'S THORNLESS.— Considered the finest for the table. 25 cents each; 

 $2 per dozen. 



MINER'S RUNNING, OR TRAILING.— Large and of good quality ; needs train- 

 ing on a trellis. 25 cents each ; |2 per dozen. 



STRAWBERRIES 



CULTIVATIOIT OF THE STRAWBEHRY. 



To cultivate the Strawberry for family use, we recommend planting in beds four 

 feet wide, with an alley two feet wide between. These beds will accommodate three 

 rows of plants, which may stand 15 inches apart each way, and the outside row 9 

 inches from the alley. These beds can be kept clean, and the fruit can be gathered 

 from them without setting the feet upon them. We find by experience that no more 

 convenient mode can be adopted than this. The ground should be well prepared by 

 trenching or plowing, at least 18 to 20 inches deep, and be properly enriched as for 

 any garden crop. 



The season for planting depends upon circumstances. It may be done with safety 

 from the time the plants begin to grow in the Spring, until they are in blossom. And 

 again in the Fall from the time the young plants are sufficiently rooted, until the 

 freezing of the ground. It is well, however, to plant at a time when the plants will 

 at once commence growing. If planted in warm, dry weather, as August or Septem- 

 ber, it is necessary to water the ground thoroughly before planting, and then to shade 

 the plants until they have began to root. The culture subsequent to planting consists 

 in keeping the ground among the plants clear of weeds, and frequently stirred with 

 a hoe or fork, to keep the runners closely pinched until after the fruit is gathered ; 

 and to mulch the ground among the plants before the fruit begins to ripen, with two 

 inches deep of cut straw or short grass mowings from the lawn, or anything of that 

 sort, to keep the fruit clean and the ground from drying. In exposed situations, or 

 where the winters are severe, with little snow for protection, a slight covering of 

 leaves or litter will be of great service. This can be raked off and the beds dressed 

 at the opening of the growing season. A bed managed in this way will give two full 

 crops, and should then be spaded down, a new one having been in the meantime pre- 

 pared to take its place. 



Those marked (p) are pistillate, others are perfect in their flowers. 



Price. — 50 cents per dozen ; $2 per hundred, except Bush Alpines, which are $1 

 per dozen, and $4 per 100. 

 ALPINE, OR WOOD. — With runners, red and white ; very hardy and prolific, of 



rather small size ; flavor musky and agreeable. 

 ALPINE BUSH— Or without runners ; makes a fine edging for beds in the kitchen 

 garden, and bear from June till October ; same size, flavor, &c., as the preceding. 

 BRIGHTON PINE.— Medium size, productive and excellent 



