The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-20
SMALL FRUITS ON THE FARM.

1t is matter of surprise that so few
farms are made to produce the nice line
of small fruits that any and every family
needs to make a show of completeness in
its every day bill of fare Nothing can
be more healthful than these small fruits
for use at table. They are always appe-
tlzlng, TOO. The only thing that stands
IN the way of their production generally
on the farm, says the Nebraska Farmer,
is the fact of so powerful an interest in
the staple crops that smaller things are
overlooked. 1t is thought by most farm
erS to be an impoSSibility for them to
give the needed attention to small fruits
when the time comes for them to look
after the larger interests. The corn
and the oats and the wheat are the crops
they keep their eyes on and give their
labor for. They will push along in the
OLD rut raising oats at a loss, for in
stance, When they might with little fine
work, put in at various times in the year,
have an acre or two devoted to the cul-
lure OF small fruits whose value would
be ten times larger than that of any
grain crop raised on the same piece of
ground 1t only requires a little special
knowledge to succeed well with most
ton to master this knowledge and make
good use of it on his own account than
Is the average farmer. There are farm
erS in every part of the country who
know how to take advantage of their
situation and they are making the fruit
raising business profitable. The COM
mon farmer can do well by combining his
vegetable garden with his small fruit en-
terprlSe- 1t gives him a little more room
to work in. He can make longer rows,
and have more turning room. 1t has been
suggested that the best place in the gar
den enclosure for the small fruits is to-
ward the middle or away from the fences.
This is in order to give better advantages
for keeping clean of weeds and giving
possibilities for the farmers family is
wrapped up in the following list of fruits
when properly put out and kept flourish
ing: Grapes, currants, blackberrieS, raSp-
berries, gooseberries and strawberries.
The following suggestion as to details
will justify the farmers attention:
Next the fence and within foot of it
may be set thirty grape vines ten feet
apart These are none too many for a
good sized family, for an allowance of
all fruits must be made for canning and
preserving over and above those which
are eaten fresh. good selection for
most places would be five each of MOore'S
ware and CataWba, although more varie-
ties could be included with advantage.
Eight feet from the grapes should be
set a row of blackberries putting the
bushes four feet apart Snyder, Taylor
and Ancient Briton are good The raSp-
berries and other bushes should be five
feet apart and three feet from each other
in the row, except the currants and
gooseberries, which should be increased
to four feet. Twenty-Five each, fifty would
be none too many, of SouheSan, Gregg,
enough black caps. A good selection of
red raspberries would be Cuthbert, Han
sell or Marlboro. Shaffer and GoldeN
Queen, the latter because of its beautiful
amber color and fine flavor. A dozen or
fifteen currant bushes and as many goose
berries would be enough. Victoria, Red
Dutch and White Grape are good cur
rants The row of currantS and goose
berries should be filed out with june
berries or with red raspberries of which
lao or $50 should be set. In the selec-
of STR avxrhe choose 4
and late varieties so that they will con-