68 THE RASPBERRY. 
and buried them in sand, and on the earliest opening 
of spring set them out with care, and in this way have 
raised extraordinary crops; but we have not proved 
this last process so fully as to incur the responsibility 
of recommending it. It would require to be very care- 
fully done, so as to preserve all the fibrous roots, to- 
gether with the advantage of favorable soil, for it to 
succeed so well. 
The raspberry is used in a variety of ways, viz., for 
the hand, the table, pies, tarts, jelly, jam, ices, syrups, 
brandy, wine, and vinegar. 
The profits of production are very large; often, in 
the vicinity of New York, selling for from $500 to 
$600 per acre. 
They will continue in bearing some five or six 
years, but will not be in perfection, ordinarily, until 
the third year after planting. 
We will name but a few established varieties. Dr. 
Brincklé, of Philadelphia, and some others, have gained 
much credit with their fine seedlings, but how exten- 
sively they have been proved, or if any of them 
surpass the /¥stol/, Kranconia, Antwerp, &c., we are 
unable to say. The ‘Colonel Wilder” and some other 
seedlings are said to be perfectly hardy; and if that is 
the case, and they prove equal in other respects, they 
will certainly be a decided acquisition. 
