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A LIST FOR TRIAL. 



To those who are inclined to test other varieties, I would 

 suggest a trial of any of those named below, some of which are 

 new, while others have a fair reputation, and prove valuable in 

 certain localities. Those marked P. are pistillate. 



Black Defiance, Longfellow, 



Col. Cheney, P., Old Iron Clad (Phelps), 



Crystal City, Park Beauty, P., 



Daniel Boone, Piper's Seedling, 



Duncan, Primo, 



Finch (Prolific), Ray's Prolific, 



Forest Rose, Russell's Advance, 



Green Prolific, P., Seneca Queen, 



Golden Defiance, Shirts, 



Jumbo, Triple Crown, 



Jucunda, Warren. 



RASPBERRIES. 



SOIL AND PLANTING. 



The raspberry is second only to the strawberry in importance 

 among the small fruits. There are two kinds, the red (rubus 

 strigosus) and the black (R. occidentalis ) . The root is peren- 

 nial, while the canes are biennial. Nearly all fruit is borne on 

 wood of the previous year's growth and its branches, and, after 

 bearing one crop, the canes die. They may be at once cut out 

 close to the ground, new plants having in the mean time sprung 

 up from the root to take their place. Some allow the old stalks 

 to remain till late in the fall, and others till spring, thinking 

 that they afford protection and support to the new growth during 

 winter. 



The canes are usually not always covered with spines more 

 or less wicked, admonishing the cultivator and picker that the 

 plants are to be respected, and handled with due caution. The 

 different species tire found growing wild over a large part of the 

 western continent, and the improved varieties are the result of 

 selection, cultivation, and crossing. 



