SMALL FRUITS AND HOW HE GROVS THEM 
and hardy. Should be in every garden. 1 
year, 15c each, Sl.OO per doz. and $4.00 per 100. 
2 year, 20c each, $1.50 per doz. and $6.00 per 
100. 
Moyer. Resembles Delaware in appearence, 
but is more vigorous and healthy. Hardy and 
productive. 1 vear, ISc each. $1.50 per doz., 
and $7.00 per 100. 2 year, 20c each, $2.00 per 
doz., and $8.00 per 100. 
Poughkeepsie Red. Much larger in bunch 
and berry than Delaware, but resembles it in 
color and taste; very early. 1 year, 15c each, 
$2.00 per doz. and $10.00 per 100. 2 year, 2Sc 
each, $2.50 per doz. and $15.00 per 100. 
Salem (Roger's No. 22). Bunch and berry 
very large, Healthy, hardy and vigorous. A 
good keeper and fine table berry. 1 year, 15c 
each, $1.00 per doz. and $5.00 per 100. 2 year, 
20c each, $1.50 per doz. and $7.00 per 100. 
Brighton. Dark red; one of the most desir- 
able of the new grapes; clusters very uniform 
and beautiful; quality fine. 1 year, 15c each, 
$1.00 per doz. and $4.00 per 100. 2 year, 20c 
each, $1.50 per doz. and $6.00 per 100. 
Wyoming Red. One of the most hardy and 
beautiful very early red grapes grown. Skin 
rather tough, keeps well, fine flavor, vine very 
vigorous and hardy. 1 year, 15c each, $1.00 per 
doz. and $5.00 per 100. 2 year, 20c each, $1.50 
per doz. and $7.00 per 100. 
WHITE GRAPES. 
Moore's Diamond. Bunch and berry very 
large; strong grower, hardy wherever grown, 
and becoming more popular every year. It has 
come to stay and will be largely planted and 
.sought for in the market. 1 year, 20c each, 
$2.00 per doz. and $8.00 per 100. 2 year, 30c 
each, $3.00 per doz. and $10.00 per 100. 
[Niagara. Quality about like Concord; bunch 
and berry very large; vigorous, healthy and 
hardy. 1 year, 15c each, $1.00 per doz. and 
$4.00" per 100. 2 year, 20c each, $1.50 per doz. 
and $6.00 per 100. 
Iti selecting varieties of grapes, as well as 
other fruits, have them begin with the earliest 
and extend to the latest, so the table or market 
may be supplied every day thi-oughout the 
entire season. Always have an abundance of 
some one variety. 
ASPARAGUS. 
This is the greatest 
m o n e J' making crop, 
labor considered, on the 
farm and will give a 
family more pleasure 
than anything else that 
can be placed in the gar- 
den. It sells at sight and 
people are just learning 
how delicious it is.' Many 
prefer it to green peas. 
We have a half acre from 
I which we generally cut 
I about two hundred dol- 
lars' worth of "grass" 
every spring. We cut it 
every warm day from the 
last of April till the middle or la.st of June. 
It grows from " crowns " and as quick as one 
shoot is cut another starts in its place so the 
growth is continuous. I have seen shoots as 
large as your thumb grow an inch per hour and 
we are often obliged to cut twice in a single 
day. 
No family can eat as much as will grow 
from fifty or a hundred plants, and the bed 
will last more than one hundred years without 
renewal. 
The plants are so cheap and trouble so 
little, every farmer should have a bed started 
at once. When the good wife is so bothered 
in April and May for " sass " she can step into 
the garden in a moment and gather a supply 
that in addition to a few other "fixings" will 
make a royal meal that will be greatly appre- 
ciated. 
Select a site if possible sloping to the south 
and make it as rich as possible. Set rows three 
and a half feet apart and plants two feet apart 
in the row. Plow a furrow and set plants not 
less than six inches deep. Make no cuttings 
the first year. As quick as ground is dry 
enough in spring cultivate over the entire sur- 
face, taking care not to go deep enough to dis- 
turb the roots. 
For family garden set a row along the fence 
or in a corner with plants about two feet apart. 
Conover Colossal. More generally planted 
than any other. The old standard sort. 75 
cents per 100, $3.00 per 1,000. 
Barr's Mammoth. Very large on good 
soil. 80c per 100, $3.25 per 1,000. 
Palmetto. Starts very early and largely used 
at the south for shipping north. $1.00 per 100, 
$3.50 per 1,000. 
Coluiubian Mammoth White. Shoots clear 
white and very large. Commands an extra 
price in all markets. $1.00 per 100, $3.50 per 
1,000. 
MANAGING PICKERS. 
Berry pickers will do their work verj' nicely 
if they are sure they will get caught if they do 
dirty work. Place a stake at the end of each 
row and number them consecutivelj'. Make an 
alphabetical list of pickers and when they com- 
mence on a row the superintendent places the 
nitmber of the stake opposite the picker's name, 
so if the picker gets away before the superin- 
tendent has a chance to inspect the work he 
can tell just who to look to if berries are not 
properly picked or foliage of plants is mussed 
or injured. Allow no berries to be picked 
which are not fully ripe and no ripe berries left 
on the vines to decay. Berries too small to sell 
should be picked to relieve the plant from ma- 
turing so many seeds, especially if plantation 
is to be carried over to next year. 
Maintain a military discipline. Don't argue 
with pickers as to how the work should be done. 
Don't scold and fret at them, be kind but firm 
and give your orders clearly and positively. 
Keep a blackboard in the packing house 
where all can see it daily. Place the name of 
each picker on it and grade their conduct when 
at work from one to ten, putting the figures 
opposite their names every day. This will make 
them sensitive about their standing and yo^ 
will have very little trouble. 
Make a positive rule that no talking shall be 
done in the field, only necessary questions 
about their work. A loud mouthed picker who 
is always finding fault is a nuisance and should 
be discharged at once. Adopt a regular 
system of tines ranging from one to ten cents 
and enforce it. This is much more effective 
and will prevent the offense being repeated. 
Never call to a picker in a loud voice and 
