SMALL FRUITS. 193 



There are but two varieties of this fruit that nave 

 been sufficiently tested in the northwest that can 

 be recommended, the Snyder and Ancient Briton; 

 plant half of each kind alternating the rows. 



Good plants will always have at the bottom of 

 the cane a cross section of root. Where the plants 

 are carelessly taken up this cross root is pulled off 

 and left in the ground, leaving only the stub for 

 the purchaser. Such plants rarely grow, and it is 

 essential that we get a stand the first planting. 

 Keep the cultivator running; keep down all weeds 

 and keep the ground in the best condition. If we 

 get a good growth this year we may look for nearly 

 half a crop ot fruit the next season. If in a section 

 where there is danger of winter killing by leaving 

 them up, we will cover them in October or 

 November. Three men will be required to do 

 the work to the best advantage. The first with a 

 heavy pair of buckskin gloves gathers the canes 

 into a bunch, and as he presses them down one 

 takes a spadeful of earth away from the roots in the 

 direction that the plants are being laid, while the 

 other puts his spade in deeply on the opposite side, 

 cutting some of the roots, and the plant is easily 

 bent close to the ground. It will be enough generally 

 to pin them there or secure them by laying on some 

 branches of trees. In this condition they will 

 generally go through the winter all right, but if in a 

 very cold and windy climate it is better to cover 

 lightly, either with earth or some litter that will 

 protect them better from the drying wind. 



