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STATE BOARD OF AGRICTT^TURE. 



diate use. Keep tlie fruit shaded in the patch and remove to a coed phiee 

 or market them as soon as possible. "The berries should be picked directly 

 into the boxes in which thev are to be sold and packed without further 

 handliuir into crates. Both the black and red varieties are commonly 

 sold on h)cal markets in quart boxes. Pint lioxes are often prefeiTed for 

 the reds and should be nsed if they are shipped to a distant market. 



DI'RATIOX OF I'LAXTATIOX 



Tile number of crops which may be taken from the plantation is deter- 

 mined very lai'gely by the care given it by the grower and the prevalence 

 of insects and diseases. The average life of black raspberry plantations is 

 about .5 to 7 years and that of the red raspberry 8 to 10 years. They may 

 be kept in bearing longer but it is often not profitable to do so. Whenever 

 diseases and insects become verv troublesome and weeds and grass difti- 

 cult to control, the plantation should be destroyed and new plantings 

 depended on for future crops. 



INJURIOUS INSECTS 



Approved by the Department of Entomology. 

 Tree-cricket. The presence of this insect is known by the rows of egg 

 punctures. These are often so close together that they nmke an almost 

 continuous slit two or three inches long, running lengthwise of the cane. 

 The rows of punctures tend to either kill the upper part of the cane or 

 weaken it so as to prevent the proper development -of the fruit. This 



Fig. 10. — Black raspberries in the borne garden. Bearing canes tied to stakes. 



