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a pruning-knife ; but it is very much like 

 fighting original sin. The variety is one 

 that I can recommend. I think it is called 

 Brinckley s Orange. It is exceedingly 

 prolific, and has enormous stalks. The 

 fruit is also said to be good; but that 

 does not matter so much, as the plant 

 does not often bear in this region. The 

 stalks seem to be biennial institutions ; 

 and as they get about their growth one 

 year, and bear the next year, and then 

 die, and the winters here nearly always 

 kill them, unless you take them into the 

 house (which is inconvenient if you have 

 a family of small children), it is very dif 

 ficult to induce the plant to flower and 

 fruit. This is the greatest objection 

 there is to this sort of raspberry. I 

 think of keeping these for discipline, and 

 setting out some others, more hardy 

 sorts, for fruit. 





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