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biat tLe leaf-niQ-ildj and an occ:-.sional sprinkling of 

 wood-asnes. The leat-nionld ker::s tlie sTTonnd coo] 

 and moist, well as tiie frnit clean, and does nor 

 snnanlare tlie vines to runners. Tne potash and acids 

 contained in it are just what the fruit vrants. Should 

 the vines be disposed to spread, keep tne runners 

 down bv constant pinching oii^ and clear out the grass 

 and we.ds vaith the hoe. A few years of this culture 

 vill chcck their disposition to run, and encourage them 

 to fruit. The b-d. cuce thus firmed and cultivated, 

 TrAl. to my cernhn kni-ndidgr. cuntinue productive 

 twelve years, and I have reason to beheve, as much 

 longer as the culture is continued. Should the ^nnes 

 have taken pissession of the ground, in spite of the 

 efforts to keep the runners down, we go through in the 

 fall with the hoe, thinning out the plants to ten or 

 twelve inches, leaaung every cut-up vine to decay cu 

 the ground where it grew ; we thrii cover with the 

 decaying leaves. TThen the plants begin to bioim in 

 the SI ling, a top-dressing of wood-ashes will be f lund 

 binih'jial. I have tried strawloerry culture with the 

 plougii. which whl make a greater ouantity of vines, 

 but tthll give only one crop of fruit. It is generally 

 i-^mLUitrti L.n..t tni '::i_ straw oeiry is nn^r navort'I 

 than th- laitivated: but vuth this treatment the latter 

 rctuins idi the original fiavor. 



It has been r: :tnn..inded bv some cultivators to 



