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Show 'Vk are moio and inoie," says tho Fruit Jt'i-onitr, "becoming converted io tbe practice of clone pluiiling and close pro ni m;. T.ikc. lor inslance, bhii k raspbrrrii , or blacktii'rnca, grow ihrui eloau iu a row, ami liku u .iel:t-, by keeping tbeiti ail cut luck iu tiny urotv, '1 his iuiiIp's hntiiches htill, ho that nicy do not get iIovmi m the dirt, anJ are easily pass'.tl aninng to get tho fruit, and loo, by uiplcniug the entire surface, lliw Hiiiiin amuuiit of mulch Miulcbcs a mmh larger number of vines. Tin! rout cf all k 1 1 ids of plants run inii;:li tiirtlutr than iiumI iieojilc have any iJea of, and Hiinjily miilclnng clocc around the plant docs not at nvvct th i nn pi ne. I ho rtHitH ol n plaulahon of ruspber-ro ruspber-ro m ami blackberries or currents, or even 8trawberrun, run through the entire curiae', ivnd hence, to be properly benelilt-tl, tbe entire surface uiiint bii miilcliutl or kept worked by a boo ttnd cullivutor and the parlH that inoHl necxls this i.i Iheextreimtics ol Ibu rout. t'urrenH and goosebet-rics goosebet-rics miiBt have a cool, moint pluco to do well, and if phinled un dry noil, thii in brut st'nureti by a heavy mulching mulch-ing of tho entire surlaee. So, il fruit, and that of tho het ijuiility, in what in Hougbl lor, plant clone, prune eloge, atal mulch heavy, i.s our ailvn i." |