. Eastern fruit. Fruit-culture; Farm life; Country life. cared lor in accordance with the direc- tions of the State Zoologist, and ii which two practical demonstrations ar*. given each year. There are also peach, pear, plum quince ami apricot trees, which are, or will soon he, yielding fruit. There is a vineyard of about two hundred and fifty vines and three acres of strawberries. .\nd a new plantation of the leading va- rieties of raspberries, blackberries, goose- berries and currants ^las been set out. A greenhouse 21 by 83 feet, and a number of hotbeds ami cold frames, tin- der the manant-'
. Eastern fruit. Fruit-culture; Farm life; Country life. cared lor in accordance with the direc- tions of the State Zoologist, and ii which two practical demonstrations ar*. given each year. There are also peach, pear, plum quince ami apricot trees, which are, or will soon he, yielding fruit. There is a vineyard of about two hundred and fifty vines and three acres of strawberries. .\nd a new plantation of the leading va- rieties of raspberries, blackberries, goose- berries and currants ^las been set out. A greenhouse 21 by 83 feet, and a number of hotbeds ami cold frames, tin- der the manant-'iuent of a gardener with training and experience in England and .\meric;i, furnish amiile facilities for practical work in the and care of ornamental plants and vegetables. A large asparagus patch yields an abun- dant supply for domestic use and for market. In the vegetable garden and truck patches may be found a large variety of vegetables, and in the nursery grows a wide ranMC of ornamental and fruit bearing shrubs and trees. Several hives of bees arc cared for by the students under the direction of a skilled specialist, and not only afford ;i supply of honey, but insure the pollina- tion of the blossoms of the fruit plaU- tations. A poultry plant with a capacity for five hundred hens, under the manage- ment of a man with thorough scicntific and practical training, provides the .school table and furnishes large quanti- ties of eggs for the Philadelphia market. A course in carpentry under a skilled instructor is required of all students. The paramount object of the school is practical training. "The classroom work president, and the one to whom it is probably more indebted than to any other; Miss Elizabeth L. Lee, vice-pres- ident; Misses Ellen P. and Susan Wil- liams; J. P. Stewardson, J. A. Clark and M. (j. Thomas, and Mesdames Biddle, Martin and Patterson. These have more recently been joined by others, as staunch and loyal in their devotion to the school
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