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... remain profitable until from 25 to years of age. A mature tree averages from 25 40 bushels of fruit every alternate year. BLACKBERRIES. Many th© American blackherrio#? are ©x cel lent fruite. Strong, well-drained ©lay soilsnr© Ikjpl ; hut th© plants thrive ...
... kindred movements i> loyally maintained. Unfortunately, for centuries, abstainers, total or even [Kirtial, were as uncommon blackberries among birds, but such a splendid exception we find in the great Dr. Johnson. He calls himself hardened and shameles tea ...
... lie picked when wet If necessary to temporarily store it. cool, well ventilated place must cho«en. The exposure of picked blackberry fruit h t sunshine impairs its quality in a few minutes To obtain the finest flavoured and best berries, picking should ...
... lamentable to see how much even |K)(ir people spent on funerals, and advocated a thorough reform in this matter. While picking blackberries Saturday rhe six-year-old son of Mr. Wade, Carmarthen wine merchant, was bitten on the leg bv adder. His life was probably ...
... TILLAGES Blackberries. Surface tillage the soil-moisture necessary dry situations. Mulching is even more effective where practicable. Currants.—The roots currants grow very fh-se the ‘oirface. that tillage preserve the surface mulch and s 0 conserve the ...
... small fruits and strong clay aud sandy loams give the best results. Wet and heavy soils are mast suitable. Paspberries and blackberries do well comparatively light soils, and cur-1 rants and gooseberries succeed in even heavy ofay. Thorough preparation of ...
... box. pears 1.00d015., plums and prunes per crate J.OOdole.. at raw berries (according to season) 2.00d015. to 3.00d015.. blackberries and raspberries l.OOdols. to 1.25d015.; currants, gooseberries, etc., 8 to 12 cents, per lb. Hay yields from 80 to 120 ...
... PRUNING SMALL Blackberries.—lt is very important to pinch off the tips the canes as soon as they become from 18 to 24 inches high in summer. The old ca.nes should be cut away after fruiting, recommended lor raspberries. Currant*.—Apart from liberal manuring ...
... NOTES ON SMALL FRUITS. Blackberries.—Surface tillage to conserve the soil-moisture is necetssary in dry situations. Mulching is even more effective where practicable. Exposure of picked fruit hot sunshine impairs its quality in a few minutes. To obtain ...
... simply delicious. The public roads are lined with hawthorn hedges, and at the present time there are large crops haws and blackberries. Clumps of pampas grass and bulrushes are found all along the roadside. I have not seen a crow since I landed, but 1 am ...
... a crop must considered a failure. Plums, except Victorias, which were a fair crop, are a failure, as also are damsons. Blackberries seem the only crop of any quantity in some districts. Grenadier apples are selling at 2s per stone in the orchard, and ...
... basket—ivy-leal geraniums, canary creeper, trailing luchsias. wandering Jew, sprengeri, Kenilworth Ivy. &”• NOTES BLACKBERRIES. Cultivated blackberries produce excellent crop* under layout able conditions, bnt they have a soil lien enough in humus to hold abundant ...