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fruit; while the first named varieties, especially ilio Jucmula, must be care- 

 fully freed from all rnnners and Avceds, or tlic consequence -will be a very small 

 quantity of fruit. AVe inaij care for the latter class, but mud care for the 

 former. 



"With those -who have plenty of farm work to do, and little time for the 

 garden, everything possible should })e cultivated by horse-power. Straw])erries 

 are no exception to this rule. Plant them in rows three and one-half feet 

 apart, and allow Wilson, Kentucky, and in fact, all except a few of the choic- 

 est, to run together in rows. Plant on clean ground ; mulch in the spring if 

 it has not been done the previous fall. If large weeds come up, pull by liand 

 till after the fruit rijjens, then go through with a horse cultivator frequently 

 and thoroughly for the remainder of the season, and clip runners. Picnew 

 every three or four years. 



Some practice the following, instead of renewing, namely : Plant as be- 

 fore, only after fruiting; allow space between each alternate row to become 

 covered with young jdants for the next year's bearing. After these fruit, the 

 other space is to be covered with young vines, and these are to be cultivated up, 

 and the space kept clean for one year, when it is to be manured and again 

 covered with plants. 



In this way beds of the Wilson have been kept in profitable bearing for 

 twenty years. Mulch in the fall with long straw ; chaff will smother the 

 plants. 



The white grub sometimes cats their roots. Do not plant on ground where 

 they are. For most of ns I think the Wilson is the kind to raise ; it has no 

 extra qualities, but will always do fairly. 



On many soils the Kentucky does as well as the Wilson, and yields a better 

 quality of fruit. I have never raised it. 



With nie, on a heavy soil, the Agriculturist Jias done very well and grown 

 a very fine fruit. 



If you can give time and attention to them, try Chas. Downing, Col. Wilder, 

 or Jucunda. Where they succeed they give large berries of superior quality, 

 but in quantity arc not equal to Wilson under like treatment. 



RASPBEREIES. 



Of these there are two classes, the red and the black. Most peoi)le here j^'e- 

 fer the latter, but if fresh and clean the red ones arc, to my taste, much finer, 

 being juicier and having more pulp and less seeds. Both classes require a good, 

 rich soil. One containing much vegetable mould is best. A good place for 

 them, especially the red class, is on a reclaimed swamp. 



The red class increase by suckers. In some, as the Ilerstine, these are more 

 numerous than in others, as the Clarke or Philadelphia. Plant these in rows 

 six feet apart, and if you raise them yourselves and have plenty, put in every 

 eighteen inches in the row. Allow them to run into rows, but between the 

 rows these suckers are weeds and must be treated as such. Begin to cultivate 

 early and keep the weeds down. The second year they will bear moderately, 

 and after that a full crop. I have known them to bear 1,000 quarts per acre 

 the second year. All the red raspberries are liable to be killed down by severe 

 weather. This does not injure the roots, and new shoots will grow up and 

 sometimes bear a small, late crop the same year. Many persons claim that it 

 pays to cover them every fall with earth. This may be rapidly done by the use 

 of a plow, setting the clevis so that a furrow may be thrown against the row to 



