Chapter XVIII 



BERRIES AND SMALL FRUITS 



BESIDES the tree-fruits discussed in the pre- 

 ceding chapters, there is another class 

 which should be represented in every home 

 garden — the berries and small fruits. These have 

 the advantage of occupying much less room than 

 the former do and are therefore available where the 

 others are not. 



The methods of giving berries proper cultivation 

 are not so generally known as the methods used 

 with vegetables. Otherwise there is no reason why 

 a few of each should not be included in every garden 

 of average size. Their requirements are not exact- 

 ing: the amount of skill, or rather of attention, re- 

 quired to care for them is not more than that 

 required by the ordinary vegetables. In fact, once 

 they are well established they will demand less time 

 than the annual vegetables. 



Of these small fruits the most popular and useful 

 are : the strawberry, the blackberry, dewberry and 

 raspberry, the currant, gooseberry and grape. 



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