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The Black-Cap and Red species of the raspberry require 

 somewhat different treatment, though the soil and preparation 

 may be much alike. A good sandy loam, or clay loam, is pref- 

 erable to any other, and, if somewhat elevated, the flowers will 

 be more exempt from frost. It must be so located that standing 

 water will not at any time accumulate and remain on the sur- 

 face, especially during the winter. 



Whether the plot is large or small, let the rows run lengthwise 

 for convenience in cultivation. For Black-Caps, open furrows 

 with a plow, six feet apart, and set the plants three feet apart 

 in the row, which will require 2,420 plants for an acre. The 

 red varieties may be set somewhat closer, say rows five feet and 

 plants in the row two feet apart, or 4,356 plants to an acre. In 

 this way hedge-rows may be formed sooner than when set at a 

 greater distance. Some prefer to set in check-rows, four feet 

 apart, so as to run the cultivator both ways. But the Black- 

 Caps require more room, and the distances first named will be 

 found none too great. 



The roots should be spread out in the furrows, and carefully 

 covered with fresh soil, making it firm over the stems, but exer- 

 cising great care in placing the dirt around the germ or bud that 

 is to form the new plant. These buds are exceedingly tender, 

 and if broken off, some weeks will be required for new ones to 

 form. In case of the Black-Cap, the destruction of the germ is 

 fatal. 



I use a garden line to ensure straight rows at equal distances. 

 Choose a still, damp day for transplanting. If the weather is 

 dry and windy, the plants may be taken to the field in a basket, 

 mixed with damp moss, and dropped no faster than they are set. 

 It would be well to open the furrows no faster than they can be 

 filled. 



Clean culture should follow transplanting. Let the cultivator 

 pass through the rows as often as once in ten days, up to the 

 last of August. Late cultivation will cause a late growth that 

 will not mature sufficiently to endure the winter. Not much 

 fruit need be expected until the second year, and, when the rows 

 are six feet apart, strawberries may be grown half way between, 

 giving one or two crops, when they must give way to the rasp- 

 berries, as they will require all the space. After three or four 



