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AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL. 
February, igoo. 
two wwlir Tills is f, , (lowed It) I lie Red 
Jutic, tlien Willard, Wild Goose, Charles 
Downing, Abandonee. Burbank, Potta- 
watomie, the most prolific of oil plain R. 
Tliis folk.* 11s tlirou*.li Hu- tuM *.-a*.OP of 
plains. *»f file laic kinds on- Forest Gar- 
ill'll. Golden Beauty, 1"' Soto W olf Wlek- 
.-'iri. Arkansas Imiiliard. Hawkeyo. Stod- 
dard and common Damson. The varieties 
suffering tlie most the paw wiiilrr arc Beil 
June and Willard, Uab J-»pnn Sorts. The 
liorrlleat were Wild 'loose, Minn. Potln- 
watwmlo and Stn.lii.ml; a '.so Howl: eye and 
IV .Soto went tli roll eli the winter unhurt. 
Tlif intest blooming varieties oiv Huwkeyc, 
De Soto, Stoddard mid Wolf, 
To classify tlmin: Bed June, Willard 
Abundance. Biirluink. Hale and Wlek- 
son are of Japan origin; Wild Goose, 
Milton, Charles Downing, Putfaw li.mle, 
and Arkansas Lombard are or the Chick- 
asaw or Kill Varieties: Pe Solo, Wolf, 
lores! Garden, Huwkeje, Stoddard and 
Wyant are of the tmertean "Li.-s. these ure 
mostly natives of low.. ami other Northern 
states, hence their liardluess <i F. Open 
laub In Western Fruit Grower, 
Small Fruits. 
Black Raspberries, 
Wrltli'D for AliwrlMin F.nlt 4 ud Vi'gvtstkr 
Journal, 
There Is a great difiTnuee In methods lie 
tween those who trow rus|itiert'!i s for home 
use and those wilt* grew for market The 
former usually seta out a few plants in 
some out of-the-wav plaee. The |l> m n a r 
ttie> are cultivated some, lint after that 
they an left to bailie single handed with 
the weeds. It i- wonderful, loo, what a 
tlghi thej put up. producing aonic fndl for 
* " o 1 1 r three years, when they final!) 
eillld.. J he grower usually cooellld. e Unit 
raspln rrii'M do not do well with him. No 
wonder No other crop Wu.ilu Miir.ed un- 
u«*r like in >a intent, 
Tliei'e 'a also a grant difference in 111.10- 
■ •ils hot wis'n (he ion), whu trows th-m „n 
fe.d,‘ r m' / he T‘ v CTOW. delicious 
I “*'• a h ", ,f *'' Rod*- the former has 
tie m planted Jo an ideal way, tied i,, 
wires or .lakes, nud a whole lot of useless 
work hud out that no pmetlenl grower 
would think of following There 1, no need 
of wires or .lake. If they „ r ,. headed 
right** ' 8 " mi ' ' ,iw3f " IU * |J11 " 1 "I- all 
Growing raspherrit* |* „„ , l0 
lug corn o, potato- s, if r.n, only applies the 
"< Judgment. Btudt the 
t^£Z velvlr ,UL, "'" J or « ro ' via 
There nr.- many varlerle# vary Inc in n,„ 
taUon °h Twl 1 •'“"dis a plan 
tailon s.i,. i varletj,-. known ... 
jour vicinity. Add other vorleiles fur trial 
'V.'!" “ ul that do iieVt y2S 
'1 rained ami naturally rich 
r 'i'll ran lie hud Gl»e it „ K . w ,j 
do veil m? | , ' I’ 1 '"' 1 ' ‘' ill 
11 on land freshly manured Set the 
caif'br 1 worked ^ Pi'" ** "' C 
<1 Mc ^ 1 luw flvt*n, Jimitow mi 1 
UQt U " ‘° n *" "'>u 
w h r, w,T Crop '. M "* '.".SKW lse, 
" lllf r*»i iip»ir»: 
it,,. 11 , w k'den feet apart. By |.«v- 
Sts Xo Iuif' !!’ r " rt ' se y ,t a A,. 
■ '"'"li ti"' llr.t • ,.. <r n.,,1 
r^TMr 1 " 8 '7- 
tne rows w.th u marker out! <htu own a 
furrow about, four Inches deep with a 
shovel plow or one-horse bar plow. Bet the 
plants In the furrow even with the cross 
marks, being careful to spread out the roots 
well, ami cover with the hands Fill the 
furrow with ,1 hoe or cultivator Be sure 
tn «rt deep enough 
th.- (.hints are slow in Htnrtlnj:, the 
ground should bo kept dean by fiTKIUCUt 
cuMvnUniu, using n one-hoi so or two hurse 
cultivator, if puBSihle, nil in where plnot* 
tall to grow, «u as to secure a good stand 
the first yen r. Keep up cultivation, keep- 
ing them cleitn. nntll August. When the 
pin ruts lav 1 oitnlned a growth of eighteen 
or twenty Inches pinch out the terminal 
bud so that the lailernls w ill make a good 
it row »h. If young planis are desired, bury 
•be lips wboiit Bepteinber 1st. Do not 
prune rasp!., Tries during the winter, as 
priming maj cause them to winter kill. 
During March prune the laterals to ten to 
1 "rive I ue lies In length, and clean out of 
the row the wood trimmed off. so as not to 
liwcrfeir with cultivation As soon in the 
'•print an the ground !» in good condition 
sis" the cultivator, IT (he ground is heavy 
aml Inclined to park, tlrsl phnv with a bar 
plei’ throwing otic furrow from the row 
and then throwing a furrow back, „<, to 
have (tie ground 11, nearly level a« possi 
ble. Plow- shallow III--V t to the row. so as 
not I,, interfere with the roots. Plow o„t 
'hi- mlddli jj and fellow up with the CUltl- 
vator, going tfirnugh them evrry week or 
dnyn until picking time, gome advo 
cate cultivation during picking bm it is m.t 
piai-ihiil. ii knock* oil' too umny berries 
and , overs the reinaindi r with d'nst If li 
happens to he dry Do not i.nltivat.- while 
1,1 hlnOBi. as II rvtUJKv the pollen to f n il 
ami inu-rrm s with feMlllsmihin. 
I hey -.liouhl have at h-ast on*- cultivation 
at'- i pi* king, s,, t„ ,,ut 1 lien) in good 
I’Oudltlnu t.*r tin- fall, 
Ike second si-.'ls-oi lie- planlK Will have 
become well eetuhlJalied and will send <*ut 
tt Uiueh stronger grow t" The jmmgcni.es 
Khm.hl he headed bock when abnnl two nml 
oue-h.iir f,., t high, ft) so dmng the earns 
bi'eiioie xlocl.y and will mno l up well 
■N'l ini'inu wires w m.t practical. Only ti„- 
nn*i'.." f r Cr ' ’ l - i ’ 1 '“‘“iTllU' lb ' lalgir 
..till eosi or Wiring and tying ten .ores 
lie Old Wood, and prune the lateral* In 
. ,','r fifteen Indue Some few m#v 
.live fallen fill there, s. there should 
"■ only about four eaues loft to the plant 
In this way, with ordinary care and aix*r 
\Z ' g<i.„l crops, and a p£Jln' 
Hon will ho pmniahb) for acveti or ei-hi 
0 *Mow the saun. labor' "and S 
lo produce n good com eron -md 
r>rU,1UC ° W ,n « 
1 1 i o c ' I d a c,' Vi i a'v 'f 1 1 'iV To anmhe' ‘'u'n 
mi. vrdl ;,"i, which i* a samly .'am f,. r 
lived with Ml ii 1*1. nmniirc. we grow Trier 
for early. Ohio, K«m» nud FureUa for n„- 
I Th.r air; 1 , ,ir ';r ,,,Ul Vlu "'*"' lor 
I II ) nil do well lore. The Ohio j, 
u 'iri:zr;: 
.f£ a'la^.I 
A ;»H uu.l -w ii.lmvd men 
Ail'r i. l V Jt ' ■" ,i " n-ka tiitbugh wiui 
lea*. Injury and bo.e a good . ron 
D neci!K -arj p, some 
■Ob VI, tTelli'i m order to .b-lermiue what 
7" M "Ulte.1 in you, soil arid ,-h, , to 
H-O'liiej growing has Its ebb „u,| Dow 
of tide. Indications arc that we bave had 
our low tide and that better prices will be 
realized tor the nest few years. 
h. I>. Marrs. 
Pekin III 
fend 10 cents for u roar months' trial 
subucriptiou to the American Fruit and 
Vegetable Journal. This offer is only 
good unt'l Mnreh 1. 
A Tribute to the Strawberry 
Nii branch ol' horticulture offers wore In- 
ducements than the growing of strawber- 
ries. thriving more or less In any soil. In 
nuy plan from New Fonndbinrt to thiUfnr- 
Dtu. Ii Is the only fruit that ripen* some- 
where lu the fulled Sin tew every day In 
the vear. Their culture rcijulfe* neither 
much land, expensive fowls, much capital 
nor much physical strength, a ml roeoui- 
mends Itself at once to poor men who have 
small places, city men who long to break 
loose from ihc desk, old men, women, boys 
and girls -all, indeed, who lore to .till the 
•oil, id watch the growth of planks, study 
i Ill'll' ha hits, supply their want ami reap 
their fruit Sure to grow, almost ei|unlly 
sure to sell ut paying prices, exhausting 
neither roll nor the grower, but leaving 
both richer than It found them. It comes 
as a welcome visitor to (lie housewife, epi- 
cure and Invalid, and grieves no one nuleas 
It is i he doctor. .Many different localities 
hav, been noted for their fine berrloB, but 
in every case this Is due to tile person not 
the place or climate. The riucatlon Is often 
asked me, “What fire the be* varieties of 
strawberries to grow" This is difficult to 
answer, na tltr soil and climate and rlls- 
lam. to marke, vary ", much. Want kinds 
return good profits for one may not succeed 
si. w. 11 with yon. bid The all around berries, 
early, medium .uni late, might be u»-n- 
tiuii' ij. thf* BfiWmf, < ’limit's Downing, liu- 
bach, Sharp I ess and Miner's Prolific. What 
seems to be needed U belter cultlvii lion, 
Iwltor fertilization. Of tlm two system* of 
cultivation, hill nml umttcii row, it I* un- 
'im-.tiormhly th. ract that the former pr**- 
Im... tli" llirgi-st and best fruit, I's.- (ho 
horse cultivator more and the hand hoc 
less and you will reduce the cost of produc- 
tion. Those who eiiHlvnfo? their "row- 
berries but orn'e a year have a hard time, 
'ml somehow no or..- pities ihem; They an 
like a man who combs his hair but ouce n 
y'W. nml hods even that n difficult job. 
I le v are, however, cngag.-d in good 
cause, furnishing lierries for tlm I large 
" ho cannot afford t*> pay over five cents a 
MOHI'I, For Held - oil urc plan! In rows three 
rec apart, with plant* troin twelve to hr 
" Ihelics apint lu it,,, rows m ending to 
tlm variety. Kx 
Th- following nr.- recommended l.y the 
e.lde. Of the Mirnv Iiori-V In||«t a being 
he most L> i.ei'iiiu I.routi.bl.. Biaml) wine, 
1 I) Mek "liiii. i and Hlaniark. 
Sucking Orupes, 
Il,lll 1 !J lr '" ‘■Inleiueut* npprni n Uv 
‘ tilllt) of K icking grapes i « Hi 
M I ! ll 1 "^ " ll * 'IfOIII -Ilf 
. '.Idle n \,.CU. I hod 1,000 four pound 
, 1 u. 
lie f " J| ‘ ■-'«"k nraun.l 
m l' ill mill fiiKteiilng mu, a |(ill , . 
Wlin'idc '.""h 'r ,1 "‘ b then 
in n . eft, ’w A ," r "nsaeked k n,|„-, 
'u pci fo.'t condition, semc.-U „ “ffigii 
