312 CROP GROWING AND CROP FEEDING 



Blackcap raspberries are grown from the tips of the canes, which are 

 covered with soil in summer and by fall have formed a strong plant, which 

 can be then separated from the cane. Some of the blackberry family, such 

 as the dewberry, are also grown from the tips. Raspberries are far more diffi- 

 cult to grow in the South than they are in the North, and require for their 

 best success a moist soil and partial shade during the heat of the day. The 

 blackcaps are far more certain croppers in the South than the red raspberries, 

 but the red varieties can be grown if attention is paid to the summer pinching 

 of the canes to induce a bushy growth, for if long canes are exposed to the sun 

 they will certainly be killed. 



The Michigan Experiment Station has published a descriptive catalogue 

 of over 400 varieties of raspberries, which those interested can get for con- 

 sultation. 



