610 [ THE SMALL FRUITS. 



perfectly established. Both the red and the white cur- 

 rants should be grown more frequently in gardens, as 

 the bushes in fruit present a most attractive appearance, 

 independently of the use to which the fruit can be put 

 either as a dessert fruit or for the kitchen. 



THE RASPBERRY. 

 Rubus Idaeus, L. ROSACEAE. 



l\..Framboe, Lampone. YY. 



The Raspberry can be grown in full sunshine, but 

 prefers a cool and shaded situation, and does well in the 

 shade of large trees. It can be propagated by seed or 

 by cuttings, but it is best multiplied by division of the 

 suckers which are thrown up in profusion all round the 

 plant. These suckers are produced in the course of 

 spring and summer, and soon after the first autumnal 

 rains they become well provided with roots, and can be 

 taken up in the course of winter or very early in spring 

 before the resumption of active vegetation. They may 

 be planted rather deeply, about two meters apart, and 

 trimmed off slightly at the extremity. Before planting, 

 the soil should be trenched and well manured, and if the 

 suckers are carefully tended as regards watering they 

 will not fail to produce some fruit the same year. In 

 the course of the following summer each plant will 

 through up a number of suckers, which in their turn will 

 fruit in the following year. In this way the original 

 plant soon becomes a nice clump, and will be in full 

 bearing when about three years old. 



The raspberry grows and fruits all the better if 

 watered regularly during the dry season, and the fruit 

 has an agreable acid flavour which seldom fails to please, 

 especially if it is further sweetened by the addition of 



