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A KITCHEN GARDEN 
the vines to long canes, two to four to each post, and 
divide them at the top, carrying half out the top pole 
or wire in each direction; cut the side shoots back to 
two eyes each, as these are the spurs that will furnish 
the fruit branches. If fruit is desired in finest con¬ 
dition a two-pound paper bag should be tied round 
the neck, to the stem of each bunch, placing the 
bunch inside, when the berries are about half grown; 
this preserves the grapes from mildew and, what is 
more destructive, the ravages of bees and birds. 
STRAWBERRIES. 
There should be one or two rows of strawberries 
across the garden; the rows four feet apart. It will 
be found a great deal easier to keep them free from 
weeds and to gather the fruit when grown in this 
way. The varieties, one early and one late, or both 
rows of a continuous bearing kind, should be of the 
perfect flowering character, as there are plenty of varie¬ 
ties of this character which are as good and prolific 
as any pistillate sort grown, and they are not so much 
trouble to grow, or as uncertain a crop. The plants 
should be set early in the spring, in well-manured 
ground, twelve inches apart in the row, and should 
be hoed and cultivated as frequently as possible. As 
the runners start lay them lengthways of the row and 
let them root in, keeping the soil loose and fine, so 
that they can easily take hold. 
The blossoms should be kept picked off the season 
of planting, or they will take the strength of the 
young plant so that it will make but a feeble growth 
