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but aside from that it is very easy to grow. I believe in set- 

 ting raspberries in young orchards a good deal more than is 

 done at present. Set them in hills not less than six to eight 

 feet apart so they can be cultivated both ways. By putting a 

 stick in each hill we can easily keep the canes tied to it and 

 the plant won't be lying on the ground at the time of fruiting. 

 With us almost every winter we get some winter-killing, and 

 the canes ought to be laid down. I understand that here in 

 Maine, with plenty of snow you do not need that sort of thing. 

 I would recommend that the red varieties be planted almost ex- 

 clusively. The black and the purple kinds, or the hybrids as 

 we call them, are not as salable as the red varieties. The 

 preparation of the soil should be just as thorough for the rasp- 

 berry as for the strawberry. The planting can be done in the 

 spring perhaps better than in the fall. When the cane is planted 

 it ought to be cut back to the ground so that we will not get a 

 growth started six or eight inches or even a foot above ground. 

 We want the new growth to come from underneath. Often- 

 times in planting raspberries, particularly with a person who 

 has never done it before, they are allowed to branch out above 

 the ground and they make no new growth underneath. That 

 is true of the blackberry also. Cut them back to the surface 

 of the ground and make them come up from underneath. The 

 propagation of that particular bush shows this, because we can 

 get the very best plants from root cuttings as they are called. 

 The old roots are taken up, cut up into pieces from two to three 

 inches long and planted out in rows and the buds develop along 

 those roots and we get better plants than those ordinarily taken 

 up as suckers. 



The raspberry I think will probably stand more manure than 

 the strawberry. I believe that fertilizer in the form of manure 

 in the fall or early spring is the best. The addition of potash 

 salt or wood ashes is also a great benefit in giving color and 

 vigor to the plant. The raspberry is a splendid plant to grow 

 in connection with the poultry business, because if you cannot 

 cultivate for a few years generally the bushes grow together so 

 it is almost impossible to cultivate, and it is a very good plan 

 to let the hens run through those bushes, scratching up the 

 weeds and eating the green stuflf that naturally grows under- 

 neath, so that we get both cultivation and a good place for the 



