CULTIVATION OF THE RASPBERRY. 



The rows should be four feet apart. North of the latitude of Philadelphia (and 

 there also) lay down and cover the canes in winter. When the bearing season is 

 at an end, the old canes should be cut out, and the shoots that have sprung up for 

 next year's bearing should be thinned to the proper number, varying according 

 to the strength from three to five ; remembering that the crop is made or marred 

 the year previous to its production. In choosing plants, the root, and ripeness 

 and solidity of wood, not length of canes, should govern the choice ; large canes, 

 with small roots, are undesirable. 



My first choice as a market fruit, is the Hudson River Antwerp, for its size, 

 exceeding productiveness, and its firmness, which enables it to bear transporta- 

 tion. The current year one thousand dollars net were realized here from one acre 

 of this variety. For field culture it deserves its celebrity, but for the garden it is 

 much excelled by the seedlings of Dr. Brinckle. Fastolf is nearly equal in pro- 

 ductiveness, but 'a much more vigorous grower, and somewhat more hardy. Its 

 rich berries almost burst with their fine juice, and do not bear carriage well. 



Francouia is a vigorous grower, and rather more hardy than either of the above, 

 with large, dark-colored fruit, bearing carriage nearly as well as the Antwerp; it 

 is a late bearer, of high flavor, and especially excellent for cooking. 



Knevett's Giant is truly gigantic, excellent for the dessert, and for preserving. 

 Rivers' new large-fruited Monthly had been a disappointment till I determined to 

 thin out offsets, and let no more grow than were required for fruiting, and that 

 had the desired effect ; and it has proved the most productive that I have culti- 

 vated, more than twofold of the H. R. Antwerp. 



The Yellow Antwerp is a very good variety, but its berries are so much softer 

 than Hudson River, that it is not grown for market. As Elliot remarks in his 

 Fruit Groiver''s Guide, " it will soon give place to Brinckle's Orange and Colonel 

 Wilder, which are far better varieties." 



May's Antwerp is an excellent productive variety, but less hardy than the 

 above, and of much less vigorous growth. Ohio Ever-bearing, by those who like 

 the black-cap variety, will be greatly prized, bearing as it does profuse clusters. 

 Catawissa has much the habit of the last, but the fruit hitherto has not been com- 

 parable to it in flavor. 



Colonel Wilder is a white berry, of brisk, rich flavor — productive, excellent, 

 and hardy. Tice-President French is a vigorous and productive variety ; berries 

 large and juicy, with a high subacid taste ; a late bearer. To Cushing, the 

 description of Yice-President French will apply, except that it is exceedingly 

 sweet ; it bears until after many are dry from frost. Yesterday (Oct. 20) I picked 

 a branch loaded with fruit ; its leaves were green, while those around it were 

 shrivelled up ; very hardy. Brinckle's Orange is among raspberries what the 

 Newtown Pippin is among apples. In conversation lately with Mr. Charles 

 Downing, who is eminently conservative, he remarked : " This is by far the best 

 aspberry in cultivation." It should have been called Opal instead of Orange 



translucence suggesting the brilliant play of light of that gem, and its b 



