Show s PLANTING OF strawberries maryland man bet pant eighteen to twenty blnche apart and cultivates in one direction in a taut on strawberries by J wi kerr ol 01 maryland before the horticultural association the matted row plan of planting was given the preference by the speaker the plants are set 18 to 20 inches apart and ahei cultivated in one direction the rows are well mulched with straw two years of cropping one bed are deemed i sufficient the speaker said be rei gards strawberries as more remunerative than any other fruit even ordinary management will brink good results the crop Is fastidious as to soil requirements and the grower must learn what varieties do best on bis land for instance one grower who has 20 to 30 acres annually in the gandy variety has a moist rich soil which Is what it requires he Is very successful with this variety there are other late ripening kinds that are profitable the question 0 varieties Is so local and circum ascribed scribed bed said the speaker that it can be solved by the expert individual only one variety may prove a rank failure where with another person it may prove very profitable PLAN OF IDEAL GRAPE ARBOR up to date method of construction of vine trellia Tr ellla together with illustration given following Is an ideal and up to date method of constructing a grape arbor or vine trellis the four posts are of material and 7 feet all writes vernon hartsock plates and braces of the same material are joined together as illustrated the plates are of sufficient length to accommodate the width et woven alre fencing designed tor the top the fence Is drawn and kept taut by means of the four anchor wires and fara buckles the wire must be securely anchored in the ground by means of a stone under ground or else set in the ce grape arbor or vine trellis ment and should be of woven wire cable to withstand the strain the bars and stays of the fencing used should be of equal distance apart and of sufficient strength poultry net ting will not do up to 60 feet in length material Is heaby enough for the supports and over 50 feet should be used it intended to be used as a vine trellis a low fence can also be fastened vertically upon each bide thus completely shading the walk PLAN TO PRUNE BUSH FRUITS remove all wood from currant and gooseberry bushes that Is more than four years old in response to an inquiry regarding the pruning of currants and goose berries the division of horticulture of the oregon agricultural college replied recently doth currants and gooseberries goose berries produce their fruit on wood two three tour or five years old the new one year old wood seldom bears much fruit wood more than four years old usually grows rather weak and bears only a small amount of rather interior fruit it Is generally considered advisable to remove all wood from both currant and gooseberry bushes that Is more than four years old then thin out the new capes that came up from the ground or near the ground last season to three or four of tha strongest ones and head these back to about two feet in length if this plan Is followed season after season bour gooseberry and currant bushes will consist each year of three or four old shoots three or tour two year old and also of tour year old branches renovating Renova ting the old orchard to change neglected orchards from a state of yo and disgrace to that of a revenue producer and a pleasing plantation we should begin by giving the trees as good soil condl alons as possible it necessary drain between every row of trees it the ground Is very hard it may be feces sary to subsoil a space say en feet wide between each row of trees go over the orchard and note the varieties of which the trunks are sound and which will make good stock on which to graft at the proper time in april have these grafted A |