The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-06

by degrees, the rains will wash it into
the soil, and it will be there to feed the
plants that viii be set upon the land later
on. II there Is an accumulation of weeds,
tomato and eggplant vines, and the like,
they should be gathered up, scattered
into burrows. trampled down, little lime
or ashes sprinkled on them, and covered
by furrow run on each side. A plat
thus served will make a splendid place
Tor the Irish potatoes in February.
In the fruit garden or orchard the
month of November is one of great activ-
lty IL is good thing to have plenty of
fruit. Have you a goOd-siZed patch of
Strawberries If not lose no time in max
ing start toward having one. Start on
small scale if you have not the time or
means to plant as largely as you would
like. No doubt you can secure in your
neighborhOod a few plants of Sharp
less or Wilson'S or Triumph de
Gand.n If you cannot get them from your
nelghbor, some good nursery is not far
of, and you win probably notice their ad-
vertisement.
Even three rows of hundred each, if
painted outright Outnicely prepared soil
and cultivated promptly and thoroughly,
can be made to yield a nice lot of berries
for small family. Under high cultiva-
ton it is not an uncommon thing for a
hill of 'Sharplessn Tor Cresceut), when
properly fortified, to yield a very nice lot
of berries for a small family. Even if
they produce only a half pint to the HILL
it is certainly very good returns for the
small investment. A few dishes of straw
berries in the early spring may prove of
such Alternative value as to ward off some
threatened attack of sickness from some
member of the family. Even quart
may prevent q considerable doctors bill.
A little patch thus started paves the way
for enlargement of the plantation with
very little expense thereafter, for then
you will have your plants right at hand,
and with trowel they can be transferred
to the new rows, with very little disturb
ances to the roots, which is very great
gain in starting new rows or beds Plants
put out in this manner early in the fall.
with a handful2Of bone dust worked in
about each plant will bear freely the fol-
lowing April or May. In making this
first start, if you think 300 plants too
many, on account of the pressure of other
work, or the difficulty Of getting the right
SORT of plants, try $50 Five rows of
thirty plants each, well worked, will pro-
duce bushel of nice berries, and make a
good many plants for use next fall. BE
sure to get good variety, and plant no
other, even if they are given to you.
Now is the time to make start with
raSpberrieS, if you have not already made
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riety, after a.while.will yield very whole
some addition to the breakfast table.
And so with grapes. Fifty to 100 year
old vines Tor even rooted cutting) will cost
very little and take up very little space
With anything like fair treatment the
Concord succeeds anywhere.
The culture is very simple. If the soil
is too stiff and needs amending fork under
and about each plant some decayine
vegetable matter of some kind, leaf mold
lot scrapings and the like. Supplement
this with a double handful of bone dust
and twice this of oak and hickory ashes,
or its equivalent well worked in about the
plants to the distance of three feet in
every direction. With suitable training
and little pruning from year to year you
will have fruit that is not a luxury but
a food The generous use of the grape
promotes healthy condition of the body
in young and old, and every man who
owns a small place should. by all means,
include a small area in grapes for the use
of his family, if for no other purpose.
Start a few vines this season. If not
fifty or more, try twenty-five. You will
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