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spraying a little too long, and rot made its appearance on 

 the grapes, but the spraying immediately checked it. 

 The brown spots turned black, dried up, and the berrie.s 

 continued to grow ; the parts that were attacked by the 

 rot showed only a slight scar. I have tried this method 

 only one season, and may 

 be mistaken in its efficacy, 

 but it seems so reasonable 

 to me that I shall continue 

 to employ it in my vine- 

 yard. E. A. RiEHL, ///. 



GROWING CABBAGE. 



The cabbage is found 

 growing by the dozen in 

 amateur gardens and by 

 tens of thousands in our 

 market-gardens. Since it 

 responds so readily to right 

 ment it is entitled to ail the space, 

 care and attention given it. The 

 soil most suitable for the cabbage 

 is a heavy sandy loam, with a rich 

 dressing of well -decayed stable- 

 manure, plowed in deeply and 

 thoroughly harrowed. Mark off 

 the ground into rows two feet 

 one way and 16 inches the other. 

 At each intersection scatter a little 

 concentrated fertilizer, and set the 

 plants deep, nearly to the first 

 leaf. See to it that the ground is 

 well firmed around the roots. 

 Cultivate thoroughly and fre- 

 quently, and hoe deeply. Of many 

 varieties the following are the most 

 desirable : Early Wakefield ; heads 

 conical ; the most popular early 

 variety with market - gardeners. 

 Early Summer; ten days later 

 than Wakefield, but larger ; heads 

 are flat and keep well. Early Win- 

 nigstadt ; two weeks later ; a sure 

 header, doing well where other sorts 

 would fail. Early Schweinfurt ; 

 large; second -early. Fottler's 

 Brunswick ; standard late. Early 

 Ulm Savoy ; solid round heads of 

 medium size. — Chas. E. Parnell, 

 A'ezu York. 



GROWING HIGH-BUSH BLUEBERRY. 



I raised several thousand Vacci- 

 7iium corymbosum, or high-bush 

 blueberry-plants from seed some 

 years ago, and have distributed 

 them far and wide. It is the best 

 of all the vacciniums as a fruiting-plant, and should be 

 grown in every well-arranged fruit-garden. I think be- 

 fore long nurserymen will awake to its merits and begin 

 to grow good plants. The trouble has been that the 



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plants heretofore sent out were so poor and so badly 

 rooted that most of them died the first season. It is 

 easily raised from seed. Sow in a soil of sandy peat, 

 carefully water and shade until the plants grow to be two 

 or three inches high, when they can be transplanted an inch 

 or two apart into well- 

 prepared beds until they 

 get strong, after which 

 they will grow in any 

 good garden soil. They 

 do best with plenty of 

 moisture, and when once 

 well established, will be benefited by 

 a good dressing of manure as much as 

 any other fruit-bearing plant. When 

 small they are easily transplanted 

 from the woods and pastures if taken 

 up with a ball of earth attached to 

 each root. Larger plants should not 

 be used unless well cut back. In white 

 cedar swamps thousands of young 

 plants from three to five inches high 

 might be collected. If carefully 

 handled for a year, these can be reset 

 at any time. In fact, if corym- 

 bosum is grown in a deep sandy soil, 

 it is one of the easiest shrubs to trans- 

 plant, for it can be removed when in 

 or out of bloom. I have lifted hun. 

 dreds in full bloom and transplanted them 

 without loss. Good varieties can be side- 

 grafted under glass on more common varie- 

 ties. Cuttings root with great difficulty. 

 Selected varieties can be propagated by 

 layering, if kept well mulched with 

 sphagnum, and well watered. 



A number of growers in Massa- 

 chusetts are becoming interested 

 in the cultivation of this plant, 

 and are on the lookout for 

 large varieties, so we may soon 

 expect to see blueberries as large 

 as cherries. Mr. Huntington, of 

 Lynn, has now more than a dozen 

 marked varieties of good size, 

 some being one-half to three- 

 quarters of an inch in diameter. 

 Mr. Hervey, of Hingham, Mass., 

 has also been growing blueberries 

 as garden-fruits for several years. 

 He considers them a success, and 

 would not be without them for 

 twice their cost. Benjamin 

 ! page 284.) Smith, of Cambridge, secretary 



of the Pomological Society, has 

 grown them a number of years, and says a few bushes 

 give his family plenty of fresh berries during their sea- 

 son. From a small row transplanted last spring my boys 

 gathered 8 to 10 quarts of fruit during the summer. 



