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Honey Strawberries. — These belong to the Alpine 

 family of everbearing strawberries, so extensively culti- 

 vated in Europe. In fruit and general appearance of 

 plant the Honey strawberry resembles the Red Alpine, 

 of Switzerland.— A/'. E. Farmer. 



Packing Apples for England. — If it is desired or 

 expected to find as ready a market in England for our 

 apples next season as we did this, or to continue to obtain 

 as good prices, great care must be taken in assorting and 

 packing the fruit. Apples not well sorted and firmly 

 packed sold low last year, and always will. — Ex. 



Effects of Locality on Fruits. — The instance of the 

 Ben Davis apple proves that locality has much to do with 

 the quality of the soil's productions. The same fact is 

 noticed in other fruits, notably the grape, peach, orange, 

 apricot, and prune or plum. With the exceptions of the 

 grape, apricot and prune, the eastern and southern states 

 produce much better-flavored fruits than the Pacific 

 coast does. — Orange County Farmer. 



Preserving Squashes for Winter Use. — When gath- 

 ered from the field, squashes should be placed in a cool, 

 dry room, and kept there until freezing weather ap- 

 proaches. Then remove them to what might be termed 

 a warm and dry room. It is difficult to keep them dur- 

 ing the entire winter without more or less trouble from 

 rot ; yet such varieties as the Hubbard and Turban may 

 be preserved for quite a long period after harvesting. — 

 Country Gentleman. 



Summary of Experiments in Tomato-Culture. — 



I. The plants must be kept growing vigorously; a con- 

 dition involving rich soil and frequent tillage. 2. Fre- 

 quent transplanting makes stocky plants. 3, Other 

 things being equal, the earliness and productiveness of to- 

 matoes are in direct proportion to the earliness of setting 

 them in the field. 4. Trimming plants after a part of 

 the fruit has set increases the yield more than one-third. 

 5. The best varieties for general use appear to be Ignotum, 

 Perfection, Beauty, Golden Queen and, possibly. Pre- 

 lude. — Bulletin of Maine Experiment Statio/i. 



The Alleged Progress in Small-Fruits.— There has 

 been no advance in currants within the last 30 years, and 

 barely two instances where a claim has been made for 

 new varieties — both exceedingly doubtful. In red rasp- 

 berries we have made " progress" by a retrograde move- 

 ment ; that is, by discarding the half hardy but very su- 

 perior European varieties and taking up the natives, we 



h ive been enabled to produce currants in great abund- 

 ance, but not of high quality. In other words, we have 

 secured quantity at a cost of quality. — A. S. Fuller, in 

 A'. Y. Tribune. 



Use for the Wild-Flowers. — I find it good to have 

 plenty of wild-flowers at hand to arrange with the culti- 

 vated ones when sending to the flower-mission. I am al- 

 ways sure that the wild ones will give pleasure. A lady 

 who has had much experience in distributing the little 

 bouquets in hospitals told me that it was most interesting 

 to see how eagerly and quickly little children as well as 

 older persons recognized a wild-flower, even if it were 

 but a red or white clover, with some such pathetic and 

 happy little exclamation as, " Oh, how it makes me think 

 of the pastures ! " — Success With Flowers. 



High Prices for Dried Fruit. — The market is in a 

 very bare condition. There has been an excellent de- 

 mand for the last pack, and a larger quantity than usual 

 has been shipped abroad. From California word comes 

 that there are not ten cars of dried fruit left in the state, 

 and growers are in good spirits over the outlook for the 

 new pack. The more dried fruit is pushed into consump- 

 tion, both at home and abroad, the greater will be the 

 demand another season, because it is pure, of excellent 

 quality, and fully retains its flavor. If there is any sur- 

 plus of fresh fruit this season, it would not be amiss for 

 growers to put up some dried fruit for market, but the 

 work must be careful, clean and thorough, and the fruit 

 later on must be shipped in neat and attractive packages. 

 This will pay better than allowing the fruit to waste. — 



m . Agriculturist . 



Landscape Gardening in Cemeteries. — Monuments 

 are not necessary, but may be admissable under the lawn 

 plan. Head and foot-stones, however should be aban- 

 doned, and not allowed under any conditions. They are 

 the multitude of closely-huddled stone piles that obliterate 

 and destroy the beauty of any landscape, natural or arti- 

 ficial. Only by concerted efforts and by a display of 

 good taste under the guidance of one controlling plan 

 can proper effects be secured and the cemetery given 

 unity in an endless variety, and yet be in harmony with 

 its distinct purpose of burial. — The Modern Cemetery. 



How to Have a Fine Lawn. — To preserve the beauty 

 of a lawn the soil must be kept in condition to yield the 

 desired verdure. Impoverishment will frequently bring 

 in its wake a growth of moss. Now there are some per- 



