The Home Fruit-garden 369 



mixture for the leaf-blight, rust, and anthracnose, which are 

 sometimes destructive in very moist and warm weather, 

 especially if the growth is rather weak. 



THE RASPBERRY 



The raspberry is successfully grown under about the same 

 conditions as the blackberry, but perhaps needs a somewhat 

 richer soil, and as the canes make a shorter growth may be 

 planted a little closer, i.e., in rows 5 to 6 feet apart or in 

 hills 3 by 6 feet. The fruit of the red raspberry should be 

 gathered every day, for if allowed to remain long on the 

 bushes after ripening it is attacked by insects and decays 

 quickly in moist weather. The pruning, training, and care 

 are practically the same as for the blackberry, and clean 

 cultivation or mulching rather more of a necessity. 



The varieties that will probably give the best results are 

 the Cuthbert, Loudon and Herbert. 



THE CURRANT AND GOOSEBERRY 



There is scarcely a home garden to be found in which an 

 attempt is not made to grow the currant, but in most cases 

 the bushes are planted in some out-of-the-way place where 

 they suffer from neglect, and the fruit, while of some value 

 for making jelly, is not desirable for table use because of 

 its small size and seedy character. There is no fruit that 

 can be improved so much in size and quality by good cul- 

 tivation as the currant. 



Vigorous young plants one or two years old should be 

 planted in rich, rather moist soil in hills 4 by 6 feet apart. 

 Thorough and clean cultivation must be given and an 

 annual dressing of two or three shovefuls of good stable 

 manure be put about the bushes in the fall or an equal value 

 of some good fruit-fertilizer be applied in the spring. This 

 fertilizer should be put at least 2 feet from the crown of the 



