

The Fkijit Gaeden. 135 



rastolf, Ohio Everbearing, 



Franconia, Merveille de Quatre Saisons. 



The grand merit of tlie Ohio Everbearing is its property of 

 bearing till late in the season. In other 

 respects it is precisely like the American 

 Black (common thimbleberry). The 

 Merveille de Quatre Saisons, a French 

 variety, is an autumnal raspberry. The 

 foreign varieties do not, in general, suc- 

 ceed at the South. The American Black 

 seems to do best there. 



A deep, rich loam, rather moist than 

 dry, suits the raspberry best. It is 

 propagated by suckers or offsets. Plant eed antweep. 



in a sunny quarter of the garden, in rows from three to four 

 feet apart each way. Three or four suckers may be planted 

 together to form a group. This should be done in the autumn 

 or very early in the spring. 



All dead wood and the smaller stems should be cut away in 

 the spring, even with the ground. Four or five shoots should 

 be left, and tied to a stake, the tops having about one foot of 

 their upper extremities headed off. A slight top-dressing of 

 manure, with a sprinkling of salt, dug in every spring, is all 

 the further cultivation required. 



The raspberry plant is in perfection when it is three years 

 old. "When it is about six years old, it should be dug up, and 

 a new plantation made, on a piece of ground where the plant 

 has not recently grown before. It is an excellent mode to 

 make a small plantation every year, so as to continue a supply 

 of the fruit. In extreme cold latitudes, it is necessary to bend 

 the plants down, and cover them with earth or straw through 

 the winter. 



To have a fine crop of late raspberries, cut down some of 

 the canes or stems, in the spring, to within a few inches of the 

 ground. The new shoots which will spring up will come into 

 bearing in August or September. 



