RASPBERRY. 117 



Palladium, a Roman agricultural writer, who flourished 

 in the fourth century, or about fourteen hundred years 

 ago, mentions the Raspberry as one of the cultivated 

 fruits of his time. 



Tusser, Gerarde and Parkinson mention the Red Rasp- 

 berry, and Miller adds the White as among the varieties 

 of his time. 



But like most of the other small fruits, very little im- 

 provement was made until within the past century, as the 

 old gardeners depended mainly upon the wild plants, 

 which they obtained from the woods of their own or 

 some foreign country. 



PROPAGATION. 



BY SEEDS. Growing from seed is only to be recom- 

 mended for the purpose of producing new varieties. 

 Gather the fruit when fully ripe, and either dry it and 

 preserve the seeds in this manner until wanted for plant- 

 ing, or wash the seed from the pulp and preserve in sand, 

 or sow them immediately in the open ground. Raspberry 

 seeds possess great vitality, and may be kept sound for 

 years in any cool dry place. If sown in the fall they will 

 germinate early in spring, and usually produce canes suf- 

 ficiently strong to fruit the second year. If the seed is 

 from a tender variety, then the young plants should be 

 protected in winter, either by being taken up and heeled-in, 

 or by bending down and covering with soil. It is usually 

 better to take up the seedlings in the fall and heel them 

 in until spring, then plant again, cutting them down close 

 to the ground at the time. This will cause them to throw 

 up strong canes, that will produce fruit the next (third) 

 year in sufficient quantities to enable the grower to deter- 

 mine very nearly its relative value to other kinds. 



BY ROOTS AND ROOT CUTTINGS. A larger portion of 

 the varieties of the Raspberry in cultivation produce 



