, 1869-06-18
THE FARM AND GARDEN.

TIE Farm AND GARDEN,
The small Fruit nustneesLaow
effnwbeEles arc Ptcked-Anaouux
8htPpcd-ShipplnK Cost-The Yield
-Hoxes and CEnteS-SeEli1x Z the Old
Crntes and Bexex-ke4ssns OF xhe
Sensssn-ca1 we MAKE, ,tkeee Lessons
Csc fu4 IA Cnll on Sam Jpnes-
Crop OF Beans Hnxventlnr OF
R1ans-Ths Creps-Msr~ Labor and
Leaa Land.
tV1ox OR AGRIcclTCklt coRxEseoxrxsL.1
CHAAFA1ax, III, June ~ 1ssQ.
THI aMA1L TaC1T7
The growing Of this 6u1u rsuita for rn.rxsy I,
becoming \ bnztness Of no anan importance
from Injury they have become necessity, n
much 20 - the Vegetables Of tho sa,ueu. Tnl1
/ Etate Of taiogs has cone not 80 much becarss III
the intrinsic F1lue OF these fYutts Al nf the
new uodes Of ealture md transportation, tia,
have chespened them within the ueaos Of The
| masses Of our people. Strawberries at serenity.
i've eenta quaRt, and other Exnan fru1ta IN pru-
| portion, would nerer eouae pto general nae n,
food fot the an1ple n7son that ttey an Oh, of III
reach df rne majority OF housefeepeia, II pnt Ia
rtiAitEr position with other food a. to pr1oc the
consumption viii be In proportion Attventy-ase
| ctnta 4u2Ft, ten bnahe1a day for = population
| OF nve thousand will supply The demand: reducc
the price II twenty cent? and tHenty bushels win
b sold, and Jet, Al ten cent? seventy -nFe buaatls
VII not eFerstocf thu maxfes- In that case theY
AT med ~ pa1s OF tho 1nea, not a mere rash.
1oasoie desseEf haif pint Of berries With hzesd
And Cutter, and An onion or fad.sh II yop nlease
and one has meal-H not III for q. king, 1t 1east
suitable and pleasant for one Of the sovereign
people.
Since tha abundance and eheapuesB O.. the Email
fruits, summer complaint and dlsorteys OF the
bowels hzve almost disappeared from our cities
and sflsygeA, and Nom among our rural populs-
ton. 1he money that We used 70 pay for pars-
got1c and Mrs Window : soothing eyrup Ia now
applied 70 the purchase Of berries. Tbs butcaers'
hllls have grown less, and the demand for cakes.
pies and Other pastries, u less pressing. Should
you wish 10 entertain friend Whist Is better than
dish Of The Naau nulN Mound which bread and
butter but Play secondary part7
But We began to write about the cheaoeutnc Of
these now indispensable articles Of iood to even
lower ngure, and to gtTe SONG idea Of the extent
Of The business, md 10 SHOW how 1t Is nansged
There 4re other ponta than culture 10 be conxid-
cred. aad a1uong them aze the. picking, packing
and shipping.
HOW sf1AWKBR11B ARX fICxKp
TIE strawberry must be picked with tna npu
and part Of the stem LETT On the berry. II NOT.
the frrts viii rapidly decay. a halY DOZEN her.
rea with the hull on win ruin q whole box III a
~ eea o4ne- N1e nu3t therefore, be tAlkn,
when shipped long distancea 10 leave the nuu and
part Of tho stem on each berry. Then, nRalu. Tor
long distances, the frult n1st be picked for tbe
Table. fully grown and IN It's ns1t staucs OF coor.
ing, while It Il dr1n, 10 stand The tdctou OF rsr
1osd tranrt 1t VII rpen up souetiaes TOO rsp-
'dly, Il the carA net welt vexauated.
ANouFI SH1Ffm
To give An Approximate. heo oe-thr nn.n-
~. anfpped, WIN give the figures Of one st..
uon-Cobden, SIS miles south OF cnleagn
from NAY u, the 1r1t day Of the regular fru,t
usin, to June 10Th, tuclnslye, 4 period Of seysn.
teen days the shipments were ssds;3 pound. az
as tone equal to ls, 81 bmhas THIS Ia but str.
gle statton. villa Rhsc. Dongola, AIMS, Massnd,.
,taspondsle, Cens17lsa aud other points sending
large amounts daily.
..... SHIPPING KAsr.
7hrte carloads were sent to uetrn., and frrrn
thence dlstnhuted BY express to Baralo. clere:
ANA aud other po1n,a This WIS an experiment.
Two other loads were started. hut-tot CONNECTING
~ tAunes IN one case, and broken axle In tbs
otaef-Nefe sent to Chicago. The experiment
poFed thaf tt Is 1eazble TO ship Strawberries from
toe southern part OF. this State, p1a Cn1cspn, tn
SeW iosk. pruv'ding that the berries are #, aood
condition, properly picked and packed: bur no,
otherwise. In sending to Detroit and Buoa1o
much depends On the n1u condition nj tne 49,
ae2- The Prices proved aa,lafactors 10. The ber-
Hea sent, considering their condition
nc season os picking has beeu atuwesY. and
the ncir1eA picked before thoroughly dry, arrived
U market In bad condition, nnd TINS reduced THE
Asfsase price and the Average pronta
TuK T1EIn.
Inc season ban been ono Of the most productive
u tesnEa 70 tns 1ru1t yet on record, and 1t Is
Claimed that had The weather been favorable ami,
plckcfa more abundant that nearly double this
amount would have been sent forward: but this
think. is not quite the fsct and We ay safely asy
hat Al lcast one-fouitn Of khe crop roited on the
ground.
One man claimed to have shipped &ooo ou.r.a
nom Of an acre, being u the rase Of
xls ouanels to the acrs. Another reported 5000
quarts on two acres; another 474 quarts on thrre
acres, with large amounts rotted, imeasured me-
patch Of $50 square yards (u,ne BY twenty rods)
plsated u nuis- one foot BY eighteen
inches, or ttx riants 70 the eapare
yard, from which the owner said he had shipped
9t0 quas1a and picked several quarts for family
use at me ttns saw 1t there were several quarts
on the vneR- hare no reason 10 doubt the state
menl THIS 10 Al the rate Of att quartz OF.
saons 'of 'hose used in the family, makes nhout
lao busheA TO the acre This Was cited as an ex-
uaofdnafJ yield. and thrown suspicion on some OF
the acres kuessci At HAd the day Of my visit been
Sood keathei, II would h1ve pleased me to naye
1secstaihed tust bow many roots there arc In an |
scze Of Golden Strawberries
fHK CROPS Or OTHER FRUIT |
OooIistie and Miami black cap raspber11ea are
grown TO modesnte extent and were shipped for |
me nfat on The 18Th large psrt of this f.uis
MAt le dr1es}: for coming In NJ the time OF the |
Michigan strawberry crop, they do not command |
Is good crop a. Otherwise Few backbe.ries arc
EroHn The abundance ofthe wild ones had led the
people 70 suppose this fruit would not pay for deld
CULTURE but 1t 9 attracting more attention. The
peaan cfop eids talr to be moderase one Soue