The Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs . round can then be trenched, andthe more thoroughly it is prepared the more successful willbe the culture. Sand should be covered over the ground tothe depth of three or four inches, in order to keep the surfaceloose, and to prevent foul grass and weeds from choking theplants, and it is much easier to keep them clean afterwards. As to flowing the land, which has been thought indispensa-ble to success, it is not necessary ; but where it can be donewithout inconvenience or great expense, it will t
The Magazine of horticulture, botany, and all useful discoveries and improvements in rural affairs . round can then be trenched, andthe more thoroughly it is prepared the more successful willbe the culture. Sand should be covered over the ground tothe depth of three or four inches, in order to keep the surfaceloose, and to prevent foul grass and weeds from choking theplants, and it is much easier to keep them clean afterwards. As to flowing the land, which has been thought indispensa-ble to success, it is not necessary ; but where it can be donewithout inconvenience or great expense, it will tend to keepthe plants back until the late frosts are over, which oftendestroy the crop ; it will also aid them sometimes during thesummer droughts, at the time the berries are forming. Stillit is not absolutely necessary, and that is a question of someimportance to know. There are some other points in the culture of this valuableberry which I might suggest, but I have already, I trust, saidenough to induce all who have spare land to attempt theircultivation, which will prove a remunerative _^ ^-^^ 7. LARGE OVAL CRANBERRY. We are pleased to present our readers with the above briefdirections upon cranberry culture. Mr. Trowbridge has beenindefatigable in his endeavors to awaken an interest in theculture of this fruit, now one of great commercial importance,and we see no reason why thousands of acres of the landlying waste everywhere, may not be appropriated to its doubt, through the experiment of raising seedlings, much APRIL. 187 improvement might be made in the size of the berries. Thereare now only two recognized sorts, one the Bell, and the otherthe large Round, common on Cape Cod. The former seemsto be the favorite with cultivators, though both are good. Wetrust Mr. Trowbridges article will create a renewed interestin cranberry culture, not only on an extensive scale, but alsoby our amateurs, in their gardens, for the supply of their owntables, where they ca
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