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horizontally in the bottom of a furrow and covered with dirt, or it may 

 be set up obliquely against the side of the furrow and deep enough so 

 that after covering only the top projects. Budd and Hansen* prefer 

 the latter method and state that long experience has shown this method 

 to give the more even stand. If planted obliquely, care should be exer- 

 cised to set the cuttings right end up, although they would probably 

 grow if placed wrong end up. 



The method of propagation by suckers, as described above, and the 



Fig. 68. — A patch of red raspberries at the New York {Geneva) Agricultural 



Experiment Station 



method known as root cuttings, are in reality the same. In the former 

 case the root is left undisturbed and the sucker arising from it is trans- 

 planted. In the latter case the root is dug up, cut into pieces, and the 

 pieces planted. From each piece it is expected that a sucker will grow. 

 In one case the suckers are taken as they happen to grow, whereas in 

 the other case their growth is directed in number and position. 



Varieties 



The question of varieties is an exceedingly important one, both for com- 

 mercial planting and for the home garden. The commercial grower must 



* Budd and Hansen. American Horticultural Manual, Vol. I, p. 44 



