... BLACKBERRIES. Cultivated blackberries sell well, and can be sent by rail ii picked before they are completely ripened. Care must be taken in packing them, as a single spoiled berry may ruin a whole basket. ...

... BLACKBERRIES. It i very important to pinch off the tope of the as 60011 as they become from 18 to 24 inchee high in summer. The canes should be cut away after fruiting, as recommended for raspbtrries. CHERRIES. The pruning et standard trees practically ...

... BLACKBERRIES. Exposure of picked fruit to hot sunshine impairs its quality in a few minutes. To obtain the finest and best flavoured berries, picking should.be deferred until they are quite ripe. ...

... BLACKBERRIES. It is very important to pinch off the tops of the canes as soon ae they become from to 24 inches high in summer. The old canes should be out away after fruiting, as recommended for rsspberriee. ...

... BLACKBERRIES. Blackberries are usually increased by root euttioge or suckers. CHERRIES. Cherries are geuerally increased by budding or grafting on the wild Gean stock ; but propagation is best kit to professiooal nurserymen. CURRANTS. This is usually ...

... BLACKBERRIE•::. Mang of the American blackberries are excellent fruits. fArong,lwell drained clay soils are best ; but the plants thrive almost anywhere. Where possible, a cool exposere is desirable. (in good soil no manuie will be needed until the plants ...

... NOTES ON BLACKBERRIES: Cultivated blackberries produce under favourable conditions ; but they a coil rich enough in humus to -' moteture, which is so importunt as tee becomes butter. Very sh.llow evince helps to preserve soil mon. tire. Deep i tillage ...

... BLACKBERRY SYRUP. ------- With some lump sugar rasp off all the yellow from three lemons. Then slice up the fruit and squeeze out all the juice. Put this on the sugar add ground ginger and mixed sweet spice to form a paste, which then put into a deep ...

... AMERICAN BLACKBERRIES. Tne cultivated American blackberries yield large crops of most useful berries, and are wet worth cultivation in every garden that has room for them. They will grow in almost all soils, provided they are cool and moisture retaining ...

... BLACKBERRY NOTBS. Many of the American blackberries are excellent fruits. Strong, well drained clay are best ; but the plants thrive almost anywhere. Where possible, a cool exposers is desirable. On good no manure will be needed until the plants are in ...

... FICK BLACKBERRIES FOR TOMMY, To be tangled op these September days In the blackberry boehn, with • scratch hers and there, is about is near as most of us will ever get to realising what It Is to be up in the German barbed wire. Bob there be no machine ...

... MAN LTRIN6 BLACKBERRIES. On good soils no manure will be needed until the plants are in bearing ; and then artificial fertilizers, rich in potash, are preferable to farm• yard manure, which is apt to induce too vigorous stemgrowth. biANURING CURRANTS ...