EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS. 



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Distance of I'lanliiuj. Kaspbcrries may be growu in liills uiid the culti- 

 vator used on all sides of the plants, or they may be grown in more or less 

 solid or continuous rows and the plantation cultivated in only one direc- 

 tion. 



When grown in hills a distance of five feet apart each way is satis- 

 factory', though tliey are sometimes planted closer. The hill system has 

 the advantag<^s that less hand work is necessary to keep suckers and weeds 

 under control; more sunshine and air reaches all parts of the plant; the 

 fruit is more easily picked; and larger and finer berries are secured. 



Both the black and red raspberries are commonly grown under the row 

 system. The plants should be set tliree feet apart with a space of six to 

 eight feet between the rows. Unless space is limited or land values high, 

 the latter distance is recommended. The plantation should be cultivated 

 in both directions the first season or sometimes longer until the plants 

 begin to fill in the spaces, after which the cultivator is run in only one 

 direction. 



Fig. 4. — Well rooted raspberry plants ready for setting. 



raspberry at the right. 



Black raspberry at the left, red 



letting tJie Plants. The canes of the new plants should be cut back to 

 about six inches in length at the time of planting. They should be set 

 some deeper than they originally were in the soil. Bed raspberry plants 

 may be set as much as three or four inches deeper, but care must be taken 

 not to cover plants of the black varieties too deeply or the tips may be 

 smothered. They should be set so that the tips are not covered with more 

 than two inches of soil. It is best to set the plants in the bottom of a 

 furrow about four inches deep and cover them at first to a depth of one or 

 two inches, Inter filling in the furrow by cultivation as the new shoots 



