March, 1892 
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ORGHRRD rnd'I GARDE 
hardy. The only injury frost can do them 
is by throwing them out of the soil when it 
is thawing and this may be prevented by 
placing a handful of salt hay or rubbish 
over the plants if there is danger of severe j 
freezing yet. When setting strawberries J 
in spring cut back the roots one-third with 
a sharp knife; this starts a new fibrous 
gro vth quickly. Let the soil be rich and 
deep. 
Currant cuttings now may be put in the 
soil, whether freshly made or those made 
last fall and buried during the winter. Get 
them out early and set them so that the top 
bud of the cutting is on a level with the 
surface of the ground. 
Prune bearing currants bushes, cutting 
back last year's grow I h. The fruit is borne 
on wood of two years old and more and the 
cutting back develops the low* r buds and 
causes larger fruit. Remove all old, unpro- 
ductive v ood and thin out so as to admit 
light and air freely into the centre of the 
bush. 
Mauure gooseberry bushes with well-rot- 
ted cow manure and after the spring rains 
apply a heavy mulch on the soil about the 
Fruit growers, nurserymen, seedsmen, 
gardeners, florists, and amateurs who are 
interested in 
New Strawberries 
will be pleased with Crawford’s catalogue. 
It contains the cream of all that has been 
produced up to this date, with a full ac- 
count of the very latest novelties. 
Send postal for it. 
M. CRAWFORD, Cuyahoga Falls, O. 
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plants. Prune by removing all weak and 
spindly growth and aim to produce an open 
and airy centre. 
When strawberry plants are received and 
it is not convenient to plant at once let 
them remain in iheir packing of moss out 
under a tree or shady place in the light. 
Never put them away in the cellar or in 
darkness. 
Strawberries in Ohio. 
Prof. W. J. Green thinks that market 
growers in Ohio will hardly find in Michel’s 
Early and Stevens what they want, al- 
though both are early. No doubt Michel's 
Early will prove valuable in some sections, 
but the berries are too small and there are 
too few of them, unless one can get an extra 
Van Dkman. 
VAN DEMAN 
the only berry ever introduced by the veroict of Experimental 
Stations. Just read what two say and then send to the Intro- 
ducers for their 32 Page Catalogue and hear what all the others 
sav. New York Experimental Station . Van Deman strawberry : — 
"This Is the best extra early variety ever tested on the Station 
grounds. The first picking of three quarts of any one variety 
was picked from this, and it continued in bearing 2 1 days, 
ripening the bulk of its fruits, however, in ten days. The vigor 
of plants is good, growth stocky and fruit hid beneath the dark 
foliage: berries a showy glossy scarlet, with yellow seeds, firm 
and tart I am of the opinion that this variety has a great future.” 
Peter Collier, Director. 
Maryland Experimental Station : Thos. L. Brink, Horticul- 
turist I will say frankly that the Van Deman Is the most promis- 
ing new berry I know of. 
We have a large stock of all varieties amongst them a Son of 
Haverlaml with a perfect blossom larger, firmer and more pro- 
ductive. You must mention this paper to get Free Catalogue. 
CLEVELAND NUBSERY CO., 
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price sufficient to compensate. Stevens is 
w eak in foliage, and in consequence it pro- 
duces little fruit. 
Enhance is one . f those varieties that 
people will not agree upon. It is very 
hardy in bloom, vigorous and productive, 
and these qualities ought to satisfy most 
growlers, but some object to ics shape and 
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quality. It lias faults, but his impression 
is that growers will do well not tc discard 
it without a thorough trial. 
Parker Earle is a variety of unusual pro- 
mise. The plants make so few runners that 
there will hardly he any necessity for re- 
moving ir thinning out any. even though 
hill culture is practiced. It is productive 
enough, and possibly to a fault. Good cul- 
tivation will, no doubt, bring up the size to 
the requisite standard. 
In general, the imperfect flowered sorts 
withstood the frost better than others, but 
Enhance and Parker Earle prove to be al- 
most exceptions to the rule. 
Thompson's Early Prolific is a promising 
early red raspberry and has merit as an 
early sort. 
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