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Show '' ljf lrin .ulfn. ' ' jK 1 HSIALL 1HUITS UN TIIK KAIIM. I ' ll Chailea A. Ure ue, of llooheetrr, N. Dn V. Ii wrltien aa followe, In the .'w M rXJ ' J-iitgtaiid firmer, on raiting mualt ' (. ffij fruiu. Heaayi: "The coinpviltlou In . I R theirodmtlonof farmproduct4,caued r i m. by the opening of the vant tract! if l 'ryi land In the 2inrlht and Wilt, leade i 1 Wr Ilia farmer to tuk hlmreir, What cm I r v vfl do to Increaee the reeeuue of my ( iilfev farm?' It It clear that Ilia Katteru jjKL farmer mutt produce oroj a that do not i j 1 J HI. require large tracta of landa and that ;JV MlV, cauuot eattly be thlppeil great dli 1 'llili lancet. Nothing covert thete objucta , tL ifHil tought after to comjletely at fruit w H 1 growing, one acre of tiuall fruit often f 1 A yleldt more revooue than ten or 1 ' 'rvi twenty acrca of ordinary farm . , A ) rlr' cropt My eawrlente hat beeu !! i I1 K ,1 with all fiulu, both large i Jt If and tnmll, aod I lean toward! t J l. theimallfrulta, owing to the fact that 1 'J I , IJm they ooruoluto hearing very eoou afler s 1 i J plaDtlugaudbeirmoreregularlyevery i I'.lji J 03 year, whereat aiplra and lean have lii : ffl their olTyetrt. lljupberrlen, itrawber- f IflH rlet, blackbenlei, graa and currantt r 1 bear almotl every year with great uul 1 1u3 fi formlty. Thutmall fruita alto are not 't Su i to fickle at regarda peculiar toll, doing K A vrell un altnoal any good ftrmlaud, H.W w hereat the large frulu require aelect l U 'R k'lfl hu elevatlont. Hmall Irultt, alio, p- 1 H, v do bitter on tome toll than othert. y ... Kit "J " Ik"' 'rKu "lul "all, do ! ' E,S lietter ou elovated tltea than on low lii hTi I am often atked what inrtlcutar k' JH branch of fruit culture would I aivUo wn a farmer to follow. My eajietlence wj would Indicate that It would be more f Wf t rofltalleto grow all the leadtug mull yk nj ? (rulta In preference to telectlng any kjt6 V l one, for llm naton that, thould failure WlSti M k occur In one variety, the olhrrt would Wrijt S, make up the Iom. Further limn that, iA ' T one maket cuttoiuert In the nelghbor- HTMBRV U , bood for hliatrawtiorrlet, and thettuie tSgfi' I' patront woilll be glad to urchaie hit Hflfli ? ' iaiberrlte, blackbtrrlet, current! and LVwi I other frulti, and he would hold their w I trade Letter by having nu miortment, R IB h oue following the other In tettou, thui I, JC Ifj V, lupilylng them uintliiually. Ilia w it (til equlpmeat In wignui, baiketa aud 4; Jji Si cralea for ilrawberrlm, would antwer 1 i - for all the other inull frultt. a Vp t "Another advautage In growlug R Mil imall frultt It that the fruitgrower ! may proi agate pltutt from hit itraw. fr j berrlei, raipberrlei. etc., aud tell them t-B at a price tint will often euru the 1 d c ' retutut received from fruit from tho ' I ("j ittoefarru. j V! "I advlie all begluueri to ttart In a Hi i I I A, tmall way, planting a few each of the r . V fflr different ipeclei, and thut galulng ex-1 ex-1 L w perlence without taking any large B E? rlikt. Oue can learn nearly aa much I ' VVt about ttrawlieiry growing hyculllvat- k 1 1, iflV 1 lng nne-quarter ofau acre ai hecan In I ta p cultivating oue huudred ucreijau t the ? l ; tameof grnjei and other frulti. If ho f 'U makei mlilaket, at we all do In the be. r B ' glnnlng,the ton Incurred will le tmill, l ., 1 I andcaneailly he borne; while If he Id 1 Ti beglm In a large way, mlitaket would J 1 V t be dliattrout. Bi V) UHAI L8 1011 AW.NTF.ll UU. HW j(3 Under thlt heading a New I'.ngland K (T writer avert that IbuCoucorJ It about Tt the lioolett keeper on the long Hit of J .f (Ultlvated grapri. Yet thouiaudt of ' 4 ferment grow no other variety, or only P f fi: I thottlll older Iiabella. Thli alio It HJTi- 1 4 notn rlrit'CltM kieer, though better I , In thlimtiectllian tlio Concur I. lit. f'f' bellaa we have kept III fair rondltlou j I until the middle or lait of Jauuir). I 1 a The Catawaba It a bttter keeper. Hut 1. ( I the but keeper of all In our acigunlnt p t a ancearethe linger grapea, that ripen ' lite, Itirry, Wilder, aud Aawam. kl j I The two tint named are Urge, Hfk I Haw black grain, tetter than the Concord, HlI nnd not having lit fault of criuklng JBH 1 U tho tklu or dropping from the bunch. HVI Jl lm No grai that crackt or that doet not yl fj , ! cllug to Ihe item can keip well TtI ( Ui The Iona It another Wte grnie that HV ri j BTj ltngooil kteier. It will betr more r I SB moliture thau moil otheri, at Iti tea I t HTg clency It not to mild, but to thrlvel l , Hrc und dry with atntrtitlon uf inoltture. I '! Thli It partially preveutnl by dipping i' I ' frl theilldofthotteiuliiFeallng wai.thui I B excluding eraiorallon from the ttem. j? The Haleni graie It too tweet to j ft I kiep well, though it I00V1 all right. tH:A |
