134 RASPBERRY. 



Cretan Red; Prolific Red; Canada Purple; Rose-flower- 

 ing, &c. 



The varieties can be perpetuated by young sucker shoots, 

 rising plenteously from the root in spring and summer; 

 when these have completed one season's growth, they are 

 proper to detach with roots for planting, either in the autumn 

 of the same year, or the next spring, in March or early in 

 April. These new plants will bear some fruit the first year, 

 and furnish a succession of strong bottom shoots for full 

 bearing the second season. New varieties are raised from 

 seed, and they come into bearing the second year. Some 

 of the American species are cultivated by layers, which pro- 

 duce fruit the same year. 



Raspberry beds are in their prime about the third and 

 fourth year; and, if well managed, continue in perfection 

 five or six years, after which they are apt to decline in 

 growth, and the fruit to become small, so that a successive 

 plantation should be provided in time. Select new plants 

 from vigorous stools in full perfection as to bearing. Be 

 careful to favour the twice bearers with a good mellow soil, 

 in a sheltered situation, in order that the second crop may 

 come to perfection. 



When Raspberries are cultivated on a large scale, it is 

 best to plant them in beds by themselves, in rows from 

 three to five feet apart, according to the kinds. In small 

 gardens, they may be planted in detached stools, or in single 

 rows, in different parts of the garden, from the most sunny 

 to the most shady aspect, for earJy and late fruit of improved 

 growth and flavour. It is requisite to cut out the dead 

 btems early in the spring, and to thin and regulate the suc- 

 cessional young shoots ; at the same time, the shoots re- 

 tained should be pruned at the top, below the weak bending 

 part, and some rotten dung worked in around the roots of 

 the plants. Keep them clear of weeds during the summer, 

 by hoeing between the rows; at the same time eradicate all 



