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It looks to nie as if some other berry, of better quality and larger 

 size, is bouud to drive it to the wall. The only other strong com- 

 petitor at the present time, as I have said, is Gregg. The Gregg is 

 exceedingly valuable because it demands rather better land and better 

 culture than that under which the Ohio will thrive. It therefore 



121.— Ohio type of raspberry. Life size. 



has a salutary effect upon the grower. Given this good care, it is 

 an abundant and sure cropper, producing berries like those in 

 Fig. 122. 



How long is it profitable to crop a raspberry patch ? Rarely 

 more than three or four crops. Growers are all the time making 

 the mistake of letting the patch stand "just one year longer," 

 thereby encouraging poor cultivation and inviting the spread of 

 yellows, anthracnose, and other wandering guests. The plants or 

 tips are set, say, in the spring of 1893. The small canes which 

 spring from the crown that year will bear some berries in 1894, 

 when they are called " creepers," because they lop over on the 

 ground whilst the strong canes of 1894 stand erect. In 1895, the 



