. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. Potatoes during winter, isa tight loft or room over the kitchen, so con-structed that the heat from lielow can readilybe utilized in warming the loft or ujiper should be borne in mind that rats and miceare very fond of sweets, and will soon do con-siderable damage among them if not guardedagainst. Sweet Potatoes can stand much moreheat in winter than the common Potato, in factwill keep well under a degree of heat that wouldsoon shrivel or rot the latter. 250 POPULAR GARDENING.
. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. Potatoes during winter, isa tight loft or room over the kitchen, so con-structed that the heat from lielow can readilybe utilized in warming the loft or ujiper should be borne in mind that rats and miceare very fond of sweets, and will soon do con-siderable damage among them if not guardedagainst. Sweet Potatoes can stand much moreheat in winter than the common Potato, in factwill keep well under a degree of heat that wouldsoon shrivel or rot the latter. 250 POPULAR GARDENING. September, 2,518. Baspberry AntliracnoBe. This disease isat present very prevalent in the Raspberry-growing sections of this state. It is known usthe Raspberry Cane Rust, and attaclts bothRaspberries and Blackberries. Its botanicalname is Gloeosporium venetum (Speg.) It at-tacks both fruiting and non-fruiting canes orsuckers. On the latter it usually appears firstnear the base, producing small purple spots thatare variously scattered around the cane. Thespots first formed rapidly increase in size, and as. JAPANESE MAPLE. the fungus develops the center of each in color. Surrounding each spotis a slightly-raised, dark purple border, separat-ing the healthy from the diseased tissues. Thecourse of develojiment is from the lower portionof the cane upwards, so that at any time duringthe growing season the tip of the cane showsonly the minute purple spots or early manifesta-tions of thedisease, while towards its base arefound the older and larger spots. In au advancedstage of the disease the spots coalesce or run to-gether, and appear as irregular blotches, whichare frequently an Inch and a halt long, andsometimes completely encircle the cane. Thedirect damage to the tissues rarely e,\tends tothe pith; the greatest injury is confined to thecambium layer, or the portion thnmgh whichthe sap is conveyed in the prucfss of , nearly the same effect is produc
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