200 FLORIDA FRUITS SMALL FRUITS. 



culture, six feet for garden, and the plants three feet apart 

 in the rows. 



If the ground is not very fertile the young plants will 

 need a start, which can best be given by scattering a com- 

 post containing muck dbwn the furrows in which they are 

 planted. They should have support, to do their best, and 

 an inexpensive method of giving it is by the use of posts 

 and wire ; by this system they can be grown in one bushy 

 row, shading and supporting each other. 



The canes often shoot up five or six feet high, and this 

 should be prevented by pinching off the ends of the shoots ; 

 this checks the upward tendency and forces side branches, 

 which are the fruit bearers. 



RASPBERRIES. 



This is a fruit as yet new to Florida, but we believe 

 that some varieties can be profitably raised, and we urge 

 upon our readers careful and persevering experiments in 

 this direction. 



Like the strawberries, raspberries require moisture and 

 cool manures; muck, sweetened by lime, is one of the 

 best fertilizers for this splendid berry, but, unlike the 

 strawberry, it does well in partial shade, although it does 

 not require it. 



As a rule, the black-cap varieties do better in light soils 

 than the red, but there are some of the latter that appear 

 to flourish equally well in sandy loam as in heavier lands ; 

 foremost among these stands the Cuthbert, a very fine, red 

 berry, and one especially adapted for trial here. 



Let every fruit grower try a few raspberries of differ- 

 ent varieties, requesting some prominent nurseryman to 

 select for him such as are worth the experiment in our soil 

 and climate. Be assured he will not regret it. 



