VIII 



SMALL FRUITS AND THEIR CULTURE 



QUITE as important as garden vegetables 

 is the small-fruit department of each 

 home that is living up to its privileges. Of 

 course there will be no room for raspberries 

 and blackberries on the little home lot, but 

 one can have a row of strawberries there, in 

 almost all cases, and a few currant-bushes 

 can be tucked away in nooks and corners 

 where quite likelj^ nothing else would be 

 grown if the tiny space were not given up to 

 them. 



There are places all over the country where 

 a collection of small fruit ought to be grown, 

 but which are without it. ^^Tiy? 



There are several answers to the question. 

 One is: Neglect to live up to the possibilities 

 of the place because of carelessness, or pos- 

 sibly because the owner is distrustful of his 

 ability to grow them successfully. Another 

 is: The impression that these plants are so 



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