Show el raw L rak rma ina U M THE strawberry I 1 ITS CULTURE AND THE adaptability OF or THE VARIETIES TO rhe THE disten DIFFER kr localities OF UTAH AnT art ARTICLE ICLE NO 3 tso tse strawberry like ai all other plant ft trees and vegetables can bs be greatly improved by good cultivation ald alid if neglected it will become sickly bicky and decline in health size of fruit and faivor in setting out new plants it is a good thin thing to cut off the ends of the roots so that they will be even and not no more than th an two and a hait halt inches long iong I 1 B by y adopt adopts iti this thia method m thod thoi it will b bs a fould four nd that tint the plants will take root much booner sooner and become firmer in the ground than they oth would to ensure a at I 1 good crop of fruit the following follo and each year tho fhe runners must be kept down flown ana awl the tuc bed kept cl clean ean and ani free from weeds sime varieties born or scorch in thia this lati tude inde and perhaps none more so than the ex 1 cellenti cel lenta this is 13 always a great oba action to the extensive c lUi int of ally any fruit and ea es specially ally the siaw ataw berry that is dependent to i A certain extent upon the healthy condition of its colage for the full development and ripening oe of the berries it is urged urge by some somo that the too free application of water in irn irrl gatlon gallon is the cause ot of the plants scorching this ibis ii doubtful in this thia country still abill we admit that if the water be allowed to stand on a bed or to flood over the rows tows when the a atmosphere mo sphere ii is as hot as it is this season deaso the leaves will be scorched but if the drills or water courses are arc kept clean ani and ans and the stream j allowed to run junob unobstructed along the rows there is very little danger c of burning excepting with such kinds as naturally scorch in this arid climate we take tike pleasure in lay uy 1 ing mote loie our out read ers era the opinion and judgment of mr ellerbeck in regard to 0 the vari varl varieties etlea which he has tested we quote his own hen hin language guage austin hustin orS or shaker baker perfect blossom but fertilizes ti lizes poorly medium size and crop inferior flavor american origin british Q een icen medium size buffers suffers in this clit cili climate nate not nut valuable here bere foreign barrs burrd red pine good gaoa sweet 11 alvor small and unproductive america Americ Ameri cm sn bonte de st julien about like the queen cannot recommend foreign C rimson cone good crop when accompanied with staminate Bt long conical form very tart hardy too sour for bale sale or heine heme use american Aine rican compte de Fl flanter flan anler anter er inferior foreign from Keti kentucky tucky good faivor flavor beautiful berry hardy excellent excel leit I 1 00 soft for transportation one fcc f the very best beat for home use excellente Excel Eicel lenta lanta A very beautiful leaf but burns when cropping A hard freeze after heavy enow in may slay several beveral years ago blackened black eced ered and killed neary near y all we blossoms blos blob soma wh le ie and wilson unison were uninjured ih th largest biza size dark color very quality did not do well wi h me has made ft a fiad show or f uit uli with geo D watt bui but with foliage fruit fetched higher price in market than any acy other off red led tor for sal sad i EirlyS scarlet carlet very poor wr eirthess thess here Fill baket has not general y doire durre well welt Fill morer late tate moderate flavor and crop good size flavor middling but pest peat lates are troublesome american Gen genessee esiee very poor every way american howeya seedling this famous abston B ston atra strawberry w is reduced to ve vey ey y moderate size in our arid and atmosphere very dark coor only moderate crop too acid Pistil ate american americ C an jea ila jennylind jenny lind neither leither ear early y as report reported ednor nor good american lon longworthy Long wortha prolific fic prolific not much but leaves american peabody A failure faili fa ilare lre american americ ruby plant poor grower large crop good flavor foreign la constant ioor poor dwarf dwarfish ih grower middling dlin crop and flavor foreign rheine hortense A good berr berrr r fine fino flavor good bearer hardy foreign russells great prolific Pro lite pretty good not extra in any respect american Amei Amen ican can scarle scarlet t magnate fruit low and in the dirt american victoria P boves oves a fickle bearer not generally reliable for crop very large and late lite good flavor never large bearer foreign triumph de gand chiefly deformed berries quite poor Jo Fo forean He herkart ricart de theary this noble berry wad was seen seea in great herf derf perfection action the past two su mm erb ers in prest B young youngs 11 grounds an immense bearer of the best beat of strawberries exceedingly hardy both summer and winter a most acost beautiful plant Die dies bouton out on some bome of the lowlands where wilson produces well foreign filgon after some five years trial I 1 think 0 one e of or the h e most valuable vau yau able strawberries like i all ail american varlet varieties es it will run barren unless the runners are selected when it is really wonderfully prolific berries medium to very carpp larri partakes 9 of the wild strawberry fattor in I 1 ery very iery good but too acid the hardiest handiest har diest of strawberry plants amazingly fruitful more reliable for gener general culture on the lower lands than any variety tested my old patch has borne splendid crops ion lon for fon four consecutive years is 1 9 now norv as good aa as ever without any renewal of plants whatever wha ever my aly present selection for strawberry grow in would bf foreign wil wll wilson son american Daw downers ners nera prolific american and for further trial rheine hortense foreign excellente Excel lenta foreign LARGE lange CURRANTS on friday last mr toomas fenton of 0 the ath ward presented ua us with a v very ery fine specimen of black native cur currant the largest of which measured 2 inches and ard mr fenton has also called the attention of the fruit committee to his curr currance currant anfe with a view to competing for tor prizes 10 1 ans etla rhe valvee oc of euls euis article tiit icie icle all ail a sti 1 ini jut aut of 0 lif life ilfe e cannot be too high i ly appreciated it contains the aliment of oil plants in a state of ready solution and when applied acts not only with immediate and obvious effect but with a Pu stained sustained energy which pertains to few even of the most concentrated centra cent rated ed manures when it is not convenient to apply it in irrigation the most economical method od perhaps of using it it should be absorbed by some material which may be usei use usei I 1 as an ingredient in the compost heap sods muck and ether similar articles should be deposited when the suds from the sink and laundry may find its way to them and be absorber for the benefit of crops in this way several loads of manure suitable for the bup aup port and sustenance of any crop may benade at comparatively small expense the highly putrescent character of this fermentable liquid quality qualify it admirably for the irrigation of compost heaps of whatever material composed bein being a potent fertiliser fertilizer liser it must of necessity impart ilnia r t addition additional A il richness satto sarto to almost any material to which it may be added try it and mark the results n 13 KEEPING HORSES FEET AND LEGS IS IN ORBER it I 1 were asked to account for my borses horses legs and feet being in better belter order than those of my neighbors I 1 should attribute it to the thae four following 0 circumstances first they ar are e all shod with few nails nalis so placed in the shoe oboe as to permit the toot foot to expand every time they move second that they all iivo livo in boxes instead of stalls and can move whenever they please third that they speed two tao hours daily in walking 0 exercise when they are not at work fourth that I 1 have not a head stall etall or tru k cha chain I 1 n in my still bt ill lii these thebe four circumstances comprehend the whole mystery of keeping horgea horses legs fine and their feet in sound working a condition up to old age A miles liles WORTH KNOWING ir TRUE A very simpie simple simpie plan for getting rid of ours nurs bag just been announced viz putting a bundle of the tha tle plant plant called lepidi urn durale or into the place invested by these insects the property ty of the plant alluded al luied to is also called was waa discovered by accident A quantity of it bavins having been left in a bed hed room which bid defiance to every method or of purification attempted until then the plant was on 1 th the e roil roll following wing day found covered with bugs bugl most t of f them dead haa hda tue the were in suc such sucu h a state of torpor that they could be swept into the fire without an aby any y further trouble |