no room for raspberries and blackberries on the little home lot, but one can have a row of strawberries there, in almost all cases, and a few cu

ere a collection of small fruit ought to

is distrustful of his ability to grow them successfully. Another is: The impression that these plants are so exacting in their demands that none but skilled ga

own from the plants named, if he owns a piece of ground large enough to accommodate a small collection. The second objection is not justified, because it is an easy matter for any man to learn how to care for small fruits if he sets a

ed, large or small, in every g

"strawberries don't pay. They require too much care, and the b

that they do not, for no one has a right to expect much, if anything, from a plant of any kind that he isn't willing to take good care of. While the strawberry will not take care of itself, it really requires no more attention than most other crops. And as to "running out," that cuts

d complicated are some of these theories that many an amateur has, after reading them, abandoned the idea of having a strawberry-bed. But it is a fact susceptible of proof by an

owing that I know anything about is

e by the end of August, as a general thing-take a spade and cut down between them and the old plants. Then dig up the old plants, making the place where they grew a space between rows. Next season train runners from the bearing plants back into the old row. By thus alternating the location of the plants you keep the garden supplied with one-year-old ones from which you get but one crop of fruit. This method is so sim

w fine berries without giving the plants more

be rich and mellow, and should

re the crop ripens, to keep the fruit from coming in contact

ne. It is very productive, bears large berries, has a most delici

ch soil. Where it can be given this, no more satisfactory late-cropper can be grown. T

have succeeded in growing two varieties that promise to be really good fall-croppers. These produce, if allowed to do so, their main crop at the same time as other varieties, and keep on bearing until frost. But in order to secure a good crop late in the season it is advi

t, bearing enormous quantities of large, juicy berr

a rather

cut away as soon as they have ripened their fruit, thus throwing all the strength of t

soil from the base of each plant, close to its roots, and then tipping the bush over until it lies flat on the ground. This could not be done without running the risk of breaking some of the stiff and brittle canes if the excavation were not made. When the bushes are spread out on the groun

ere is room for them. They do well in almost all soils, if well drained. A sandy loam, however, is the soil that seems

ed variety. Cumberland is

er than that which I gain from the grower's announcement in introducing this sort to the market, but from intimate personal acquaintance with the man I am quite confident that

n its old canes until late in August, at about which time the canes of the season's growth come into bearing. These produce a large amount of fine fruit until late in

a trial. Raspberries late in the fall would be thoroughly

of just the right degree of tart acidity to fit the season in which it is at i

crop unless steps are taken to put a prompt end to their depredations, but spraying with Nicoticide infusion will rout t

ul to behold. White Grape is an ideal white variety. Combine the two and you have a table

claim to, and another feature of merit peculiar to it is that it is almost seedless. For a good many years the entire output of this currant was under the control of a French fruit company who manufactured it into jam which has been extensively sold in this coun

ting the bushes farther apart than the currant, and thinning out the branches so that there will at all times be a free circulation of air about them. It is well to give a heavy mulch of coarse manur

e of gardening quite distinct from that which this little book aims to interest the homemaker in. However, the writer would

in April and May, provided they were sent from the nursery that spring. If they are sent in fall they should be "heeled-in" over winter. "Heeling-in" consists in burying the roots in a place where they will be kept dry during the winter. It will not be necessary to cover all the top, though there is no objec

n" over winter should be set ou