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tivation, is easily grown, as the old plants send up, 

 annually, a plenty of suckers from their roots, which 

 should be taken up in autumn or spring, and planted 

 where they are to remain. Among the varieties 

 which we have seen, the Franconia Red, Gowen's 

 Seedling, (which resembles this variety) and the 

 White Antwerp, are the most desirable sorts. In 

 the selection of young sucker shoots to set in the 

 spring, choose those that are of strong growth, from 

 three to four feet high, detached from the old stools 

 with good roots, prune the top to the first good bud, 

 plant them in rows four feet and a half, or five feet 

 asunder, by three feet ; prune out all dead stems, of 

 the last summer bearers, from the old roots, as the 

 same shoots or stems never bear but once, being 

 succeeded by young shoots produced from the root, 

 every summer, which becomes barren next year, and 

 perishes the following winter, and should be now cut 

 out as above, close to the ground ; part of the young 

 shoots should also be cut away, leaving but four or 

 five of the strongest on each stock. Prune off the 

 tops of those that remain, leaving them about five 

 feet high, which increases the size of the fruit, as 

 well as to encourage the growth of suckers for the fol- 

 lowing year. This cutting, however, should not be 

 done in the spring, until all chance of severe frost 

 is over. The stems should afterwards be tied lightly 

 together at the top, or to stakes placed in the ground. 

 With regard to the proper soil for this fruit, different 

 opinions have existed. Mclntosh says, " all that 

 is required, we think, is a deep, rich, and humid soil, 



