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THE RASPBERRY. 175 



TOots and where the cultivator does not reach in passing between 

 the rows, should be covered to the depth of four to five inches 

 with coarse barnyard litter, such as straw, or com stalks, or refuse 

 hay. K these cannot be had in sufficient quantity, recourse may 

 be had to rotten chips or rotten tan-bark, sawdust or shavings, 

 with which some ashes have been mixed. This mulching serves 

 a very important purpose in preserving the plants in a healthy 

 and vigorous state, and securing a large crop of large fruit. 



In some parts of the Dominion, where the snow does not 

 remain on the ground constantly during the winter, it becomes 

 necessary to protect some of the more tender varieties. This is 

 most conveniently and cheaply done by bending the canes carefully 

 over, making the bend as near the groind as possible, and throw- 

 ing a little soil on the tops. When the plants are ready to start 

 in the spring they are gently lifted, the soil shaken off, and the 

 canes fastened in an upright position by tying to a stake or trel- 

 lis. When the ground is covered with snow to a depth of two 

 or three feet aU the winter, no such protection is necessary ; and 

 we have noticed that those plants, whose roots are weU pro- 

 tected by a liberal mulching, are seldom injured by the winter, 

 though there was often no snow at all on the ground. With 

 proper attention to the pruning of the plants while they are 

 growing, and keeping the soil well enriched and the roots pro- 

 tected with a good mulch both winter and summer, there will be 

 much less complaint of injury to the canes by the winter, and 

 a fine crop of large and handsome firait will well repay all the 

 labor bestowed. 



The following varieties have been selected firam a very long 

 list, as being the most worthy of attention in this climate. 



Brinckle's Orange. — Orange. — ^This is the highest flavored, 

 large-sized, light colored raspberry in cultivation, and well deserves 

 a place in every garden throughout the Dominion. It is not per- 

 fectly hardy in those parts where the snow does not cover the ground 

 all winter, but after growing it for at least a dozen years, it has 

 proved so nearly hardy, and such an abundant bearer, that we place 



