. Purdy's small fruit instructor ... Berries; Fruit-culture. 15 pn?wghhf™ f w kla^,°Jicuit,£JMl veSetables. If manure is not to be had convert t^Z' ™ t I'., °W t«rf and any coarse material you ean scrape up near the wash 2™*[CV^?W the wafh w?ter> niSh* slops, &c. But few have any idea how If^ ^^T' lost ^ lowing such away. Even if nothing more is done with such than to throw it around the fruit trees and larger plants, such as rasp- berries, blackberries, currants, &c., it will be a great saving and a large increase of fruit will be realized by so Fig. 7. STANDS FOR GATHERING
. Purdy's small fruit instructor ... Berries; Fruit-culture. 15 pn?wghhf™ f w kla^,°Jicuit,£JMl veSetables. If manure is not to be had convert t^Z' ™ t I'., °W t«rf and any coarse material you ean scrape up near the wash 2™*[CV^?W the wafh w?ter> niSh* slops, &c. But few have any idea how If^ ^^T' lost ^ lowing such away. Even if nothing more is done with such than to throw it around the fruit trees and larger plants, such as rasp- berries, blackberries, currants, &c., it will be a great saving and a large increase of fruit will be realized by so Fig. 7. STANDS FOR GATHERING FRUIT. These will needno description how to make, as the cut (Fig. 7) shows for itself. Stands for quarts are made to hold six baskets, and for pints eight baskets. We usually have a large supply of these ready, so that we are not obliged to empty them as fast as brought in, which, if done, many times keep the pickers waiting, especially if a number come' in at one time. "We have generally kept a tally book, but hereafter Bhall have small tickets, on which will be printed, "Pay the bearer for picking six ; At night these will be handed back to us and we then pay the cash, or give another ticket or due ". Jl, as follows, " Pay for picking quarts at- cents per ; The hrst blank being filled up with names of pickers, the second with number of quarts , and third what price per quart. By this system or one similar to it, pickers can keep their own tally. PROTECTION FROM "WINDS. This is of great importance to secure a good and sure crop of fruit—especially straw- berries. Any person may see by passing a field that is protected on the West by tim- ber, that the snow will lay like a sheet all over such fields. It needs no argument to show that this blanket spread over the surface of the ground protects the plants and roots, and adds richness and vitality to the soil. It is a common saying that "snow is the poor man
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