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Show TflELLIS FOn BLACKDERnY VINES. Jlnw an Olile lltllrtluril K(. Ills Mnrs In Coiitfttlrnl frlisfr An Ohio liortlcnlturint doMrilwai hie mamgftnent of black berry jlaiits In The Uurul Vew Yorker U aasi My plan U to take pood fence post Cvo feet In length, set one at each end f a row, 01 ftit In tin grounl, lvinj twenty inches alujve ground 1 nee No. K grtWiii.U'M wire an I draw It 11s tight ly as pnretble, Ilowiver long Ihe mi may be a port fl Drmlyat rarh end Is nullldcut Aftfrtho canes are tied tJ the wire thy form a j-ttfit su port, aud there are no stakes In the way of the In- 1 trip my canes at three feet, jtHt tlie right height to be han ly for the I Ickrrs. Ily miming the win twenty inches from tho ground IIm-y mm blow the I'Tanrltn, i tlmt It li innrh mors coftVM.ient to tie them, an I -m In Ine H pilrwl, while tho tops are In lietter ahai") tor picking 1 remove the ol 1 canee ai soon ai the fruit Is off, an 1 tl the new ones to the wire to prevent their bi-lng twWted ff by the wind I am well aware that a lrsemimUrof fruitgrowers disjiecM v tnc Tncui ixm tiacxtrjiitinv with flakes cr wires, but after hiving ; anil both for three j ears 1 rrganl them as IndUp) mahle If one w ants tlu crrp to o the test. 1 woul 1 not a Wise anyone to no mm dust as a mulch for anything, as Its cflVcts on the soil are not dmlri-Me, dmlri-Me, and it aim inakeeutioxixlkiit breed' lug 1 law for Injurious Insects. lokerp the soil laultt, cool mil rich each winter I covir a pace about tno j feet kUc along the rows with manure, nnlstait thecultUator as soon In tlto iringaatlwsoilis In fltcoulltlon, mil I j continue Its use until Auguit Kaspbcr- j rice rMpilro the same trealment If one I wants to bo sure r f a good irop. During I tlie drought at fruiting time in the twut Mwon I uotUud that the negloited Ur I rU un tLe wild as wrll as the tame buhc were drying up, whlloinlneuvro riiHiiliiulcilyaud In Urge iuuutltles. Nut I Untlng. I Kuls may be lantl cither in the fall ' or spring Tlw objection to fall plant lug Ilea chlttly In the danger of their bnlng ! diiturbed an 1 canUd off by m mo of tlo mall anlmala. The following plan, which romeshiithly recommended, seeuii to lt an txcelhnt one, not only for 1 re-sen re-sen ing tho seodsf rout dWturbanco, but also for kwplng them In a condition fa toralle for grnuinatlou In thoiprlug, tomewhit similar to that fundsliod by nature lu the forcstst b-wn aftir tlu lr tnaturity, an 1 certainly U fore they luu e If come tlioroughly dried, select those of tool size, Urge kernels an 1 thin shells, l'laco them In boxes of moist soil an 1 sink the boxes to the level of the surfaco of the gruun I in somo place where they I w 111 not bo dUtnrbud. In tho siring tho nuts may be Unted In nursery rows or In tho spots where it is desired the tret .thill stunl MulIi mora attention is I lion bilugpnIJ to nut culture than formerly, for-merly, and It U found that by st lection un 1 culture nuts improve nlmobt tu tea 1 ily as fruit |