. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. manure plowed un-der is better than rotten manure harrowedin on the surface. The latter will be morelikely to grow an excess of vines, on mysoil, with small fruit-yield ; and the former,moderate vines and abundant fruit. A Purslane Tool. ErGESE WILLET, ERIE CO., S. Y. In answer to a recent inquiry in thesecolumns I enclose a rough draft of a tool Ihave built for in eradicating one I made is for use in my Grapenursery where the rows are 18 to 20 inchesapart. Where row
. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. manure plowed un-der is better than rotten manure harrowedin on the surface. The latter will be morelikely to grow an excess of vines, on mysoil, with small fruit-yield ; and the former,moderate vines and abundant fruit. A Purslane Tool. ErGESE WILLET, ERIE CO., S. Y. In answer to a recent inquiry in thesecolumns I enclose a rough draft of a tool Ihave built for in eradicating one I made is for use in my Grapenursery where the rows are 18 to 20 inchesapart. Where rows are farther apart itwould have to be larger. This tool has much the look of a cultivatorat work with the ends reversed. In using itwe let the weeds get large enough to pullnicely from ia the row, cultivate with acommon horse or hand cultivator; followingwith the tool described, and if the rows arenot too long it will clean them perfectly. Ifit should be necessary to unload beforegetting to the end of row, lift the toolwithout stopping the horse, this leaves it ina bunch when it can be carried from the. A Subscribers Tool for Destroying Parsla field if desired though it will nearly all diein the pile. For the teeth I use roimd iron 1 ^ or % inch,have the teeth about three inches apart andone in the centre behind. I cut the iron forteeth about 14 inch. 1 COMMENTS BY READERS. A department to which all are incited to send notes0/ experience and observation concerning topics thatrecently have been treated on in this journal. Manysuch contributions monthly are welcome. Utilizing Tin Cans. I have noticed a numberof the suggestions in Popular Gardeningabout using tiu fruit cans to pot Tomatoes in,and will illustrate my way of preparing them foruse; After melting the cans apart, cut and bendthe comers as shown to the left. Then close the can by hooking together and clasping the cor-ners, as shown to right. The can is then in shapeto hold dirt without spreading apart. The toolsto use a
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