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four vines; 36 pounds of sweet potatoes from one hill — one-third of an 

 acre making 100 bushels; 300 gallons of blackberries from one-third 

 of an acre. 



Raspberry Growing-. 



By .1. N. Menifee, Oregon, Mo. 



WHERE TO PLANT. 



Good corn land will bring raspberrief, but I prefer a deep, rich, 

 well-drained plot sloping to the north or east. 



The shade of young trees is beneiicial to the raspberry and black- 

 berry. A liberal dressing of manure will pay. Potatoes can be planted 

 between the rows — with raspberries. 



HOW TO PLANT. 



After pulverizing the ground deeply plant in rows six to seven feet 

 apart, putting plants three feet apart in the rows. Keep the ground 

 mellow and clean. 



PRUNING. 



Where the plants are two feet high pinch out the tops, and if you 

 ■want to increase your stock of plants, pinch off the tips of the laterals 

 or limbs when about one foot long, and about the tirst of iSeptember 

 cover the tips with earth. The following season the new canes or 

 growth should have similar treatment. Cut away and burn all the old 

 wood or brush when fruiting is done. 



Put out new plantations every three or four years. This is the best 

 remedy I have found or tried for the anthracnose, or disease so de- 

 structive to the raspberry. The Shaffer and Muskingum are reds, very 

 similar in every way, the latter a little more tart, and, if possible, more 

 productive. Both of them are propagated the same as the black-caps ; 

 and require the same treatment otherwise. They are by far the most 

 profitable reds for this section. Other reds do better on clay land with 

 liberal dressing of well-rotted manure. Plant five feet apart each way. 

 Prune heavily in the spring. 



Hoping that others may profit by my folly, I will say I have tested 

 nearly every raspberry, black, red or yellow, that has come out since 

 the introduction of the old Doolittle, and from my knowledge of the 

 comparative value of each, my list of what to plant would be just what 

 I expect to plant the coming spring, viz.: eight acres of the Kansas, one 

 of Progress, one of Hopkins and " Oh Biack-cap," and one of Lovett's 

 Early and Shaffer. 



Hoping that you may have a pleasant and interesting meeting, I 

 am, as ever, yours fraternally. 



