Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches . that that would pay pretty well; it wouldbeat Strawberries without costing near the time tocare for them. He managed to get these high Erices by leaving his Gooseberries until the Straw-erries and Raspberries were nearly over, when hewas only about a week selling them. This summerthey have been selling at various prices up totwenty cents a basket. The way they were pre-pared for market was to separate the large onesfrom the small ones, by means of a perforatedzinc, the former being sold
Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches . that that would pay pretty well; it wouldbeat Strawberries without costing near the time tocare for them. He managed to get these high Erices by leaving his Gooseberries until the Straw-erries and Raspberries were nearly over, when hewas only about a week selling them. This summerthey have been selling at various prices up totwenty cents a basket. The way they were pre-pared for market was to separate the large onesfrom the small ones, by means of a perforatedzinc, the former being sold at a higher rate thanthe latter. For mildew the bushes attacked weretreated with a dusting of sulphur. Canadian. 2St. Mildew in Early Grapery. Attend verycarefully to the ventilation. A sudden chill willmildew your vines no matter what other prevent-ive measures you use. Open the ventilators a verylittle to begin with, and as the heat of the day in-creases, ventilate a little more fully. Never syringewith ice-cold water; never soak your vine borders(in the case of early started vinesj with icy A SOD-CUTTING MACHINE. ness and uniformity of thickness in the sodcould be attainable that would be far superiorto hand-cut sod, as such runs. Every gardenerknows that a sod of uniform thickness, andespeciaUy if it be in roUs, as left by this ma-chine, makes a better lawn than one in whichthe sod varies in respects such as these. .?^^.J. Gladioluses in Pots. We have seen num-bers of Gladioli admirably grown in pots. In orderto have the flowers early the plants may be startedin frames, evenly plunging the pots in coal ashesor other refuse, and growing the plants in theopen air as if they were Chrysanthemums. Onelarge corm may be placed in a 6-inch, and threemedium-sized corms in a 7-inch, and a greater num-ber in larger pots if bold masses are desired. Bbit. 146 POPULAR GARDENING. June, Notes on the May Number. ?WILLIAM FALCONER, GLEN COVE, L. 1., N. T. Keeping Asparagus.—I bur
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