Small Fruits. 
The small fruits are of the greatest importance, and whether for home use or profit- 
able marketing, cannot be overlooked by any intelligent cultivator. Wo take them up 
first, as of first importance. 
Strawberries. 
CULTUKE.— Many points are to be learned in this line of horticulture in one’s life; 
hence, with a life-long experience, one must profit by it. It would be useless for me to 
rehearse all the points I have brought out in the past through the journals of the country, 
setting forth the methods of culture and marketing the crop. In this brief space we can 
only allude to this point, but in a brief way we will try and cover the ground. 
r-D With the standard berries of the day, it is no trick to grow from 150 to 250 bushels of 
this fruit per acre, if the proper care is given and the best varieties planted. 
: i One would think it useless to work a bed once a week; but here is one point not to be 
overlooked; cultivation checks evaporation, admits air to the soil, which the plant roots 
delight to have. Thus by frequent culture you add both to the root growth and the crop 
of the future. 
