FRUIT-GROWERS’ REPORT. 
437 
small fruit growing, of its class, having fruited them by the 
side of eight different sorts, and am well satisfied of its quali¬ 
ties and hardiness. With me they require no protection in 
winter, and thus far bear full crops each year, except in 1859 , 
when the “ June frost ” damaged it, so that I had but half a 
crop. The flavor I never saw excelled for table use, jelly or 
preserves,—have also manufactured some wine from the fruit, 
which has no equal, readily commanding one dollar more per 
gallon than other sorts. 
The preparation of land for a raspberry plantation is simple 
and easy. One thorough plowing in the fall, and if the soil is 
clay, enrich with well-rotted cow or chip manure. Set young 
plants in spring, four feet each way, tending w^ell with horse 
cultivator, or hoe to keep clean. The following spring with 
willows tie to stakes driven to each plant, and cut the tops off, 
so that the plants will not be more than four feet high, when 
the fruit spurs shoot out, and the fruit is easily gathered while 
standing. Cut out the old wood the following spring, tie new 
growth to stake and proceed as before. The preparation and 
care is so very simple, my only wonder is that every family in 
the country is not well supplied with the fruit. It is certainly 
no humbug, such as we sometimes have imposed upon us by 
itinerant tree pedlars. 
CULTURE OF THE STRAWBERRY. 
BY GEO. J. KELLOGG, JANESVILLE. 
Each variety succeeds best in certain localities, hence the 
caution necessary in making selections. Were we to follow 
the nameless and often senseless lists of some Eastern cultiva¬ 
tors, when would the end be, and where our most delicious and 
healthy of small fruits. With a moderate degree of common 
sense, very few need want for fine strawberries. 
In the selection of varieties, there should be more confidence 
placed in the experience of local cultivators, or there should be 
more cultivators in every locality ivorthy of confidence. 
