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in the fall after cultivation or early in the spring. They should not be 

 pulled from the soil but carefully lifted with a spade, othervrise the young 

 shoots will be broken from the underground stem with but few small roots 

 attached. 



The black raspberry is propagated from rooted tips. During late 

 August the long canes bend to the ground where, if undisturbed, they be- 

 come rooted and produce new plants. The tips are often covered with 

 soil during cultivation and take root, but if a considerable number of 

 plants is desired it may be necessary to bury the tips with a hoe or spade 

 to insure contact with moist soil until good roots are produced. The 

 rooted tips may be dug in late fall, or better still, left in the ground until 

 the next spring. They are removed by cutting off the parent cane a short- 

 distance above the new plant and carefully lifting to avoid unnecessary 

 breaking of roots. Better plants may be secured from young plantations. 

 Thev are usuallv more vigorotis and free from disease than those taken 

 from older plantations.* 



Fig. 8. — The black raspberry is propagated from rooted tips. 



Preparation of the Soil. Plants should not be set on newly broken sod 

 land. The soil should be well fertilized and cultivated and all weeds and 

 grass thoroTishlv subdued. It is advisable to £:row a hoed, or cultivated 

 crop on the laud the year previous to planting. The soil should be plowed 

 deeply and harrowed until it is in a fine mellow condition for planting the 

 same as for any other crop. Young plants set in well prepared soil become 

 established more quickly and less work will be necessary in caring for 

 them during the lirst and succeeding seasons. 



Tiinr of PIanti)tg. The best time for planting raspl»erries is in early 

 spring. It is ustially safer, and better plants of the black ra.^pberry can 

 be secured. Red raspberries may be planted in the fall on the lighter 

 types of soil but if done some form of mulch should be i^rovided for protec- 

 tion and to prevent heaving from the soil by frosts. 



*Sce plant diseases on page Cll. 



