BOOK OF FRUITS. 39 



dead stems, or the last Summer's bearers, /or &e 

 same shoots or stems never bear but once, be- 

 ing succeeded by young ones produced from 

 the root every summer, which become barren 

 next year, and perish the following Winter, 

 and should now be cut out as above, close to 

 the ground ; and then thin the young shoots 

 to three, four, or five of the strongest on each 

 stock, and prune them at the top. A cultivator 

 near Boston says " The Raspberry should 

 always be cut about five feet high ; it increas- 

 es the quantity and size of the fruit, as well 

 as encourages the growth of the suckers, for 

 the following year. It should, however, not 

 be done until all chance of severe frost is over; 

 yet before the buds shoot, the stems ought af- 

 terwards to be lightly tied together at the top, 

 or to stakes placed in the ground." 



STRAWBERRY. 



There are several varieties of this most de- 

 licious fruit, and many opinions relative to the 

 best flavored and most prolific sort. At Al- 

 bany they commend the Methven Castle as 

 the most profitable and productive ; at Rox- 

 bury the royal scarlet and pine apple. A cuU 



