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thereby making it top-heavy. Fig, 119 is a good cane of Cuthbeit, 

 and Fig. 120 shows several undesirable canes of the same variety. 

 The laterals are cut back the following spring to a length of 12 to 



119. — A good cane of Cuthbert, with low laterals. 



18 inches, the same as blackberries are. This treatment also applies 

 to the purple-cane varieties, like Shaffer, but not to the reds, for 

 these are rarely headed-in at all. 



The red raspberries are very seldom evaporated, and only the 

 Cuthbert is used for that purpose, so far as I know. The red ber- 

 ries generally pay better when given to the open market. Of the 

 purple berries, only the Shaffer is dried in western New York, and 

 it is doubtful if it is profitable when thus handled, for it loses too 

 much in drying and the market for dried red and purple berries is 

 very small. The new Columbian raspberry impresses us very favor- 



