78 MY GARDEN WHAT FRUITS WERE CULTIVATED. 



be stated that a few hills of hardy raspberries 

 would not require half the care. 



My plantation consisted of two rows, one 

 hundred and thirteen feet long, of white and 

 red, that by some mistake got mixed when 

 first set out ; four rows of White Antwerp, 

 ninety- two feet long ; two rows of Clark rasp- 

 berry, two hundred and twenty feet in length ; 

 five rows of the same, of one hundred and 

 eighty-one feet ; and one of ninety feet. Of 

 the Philadelphia variety I have three rows of 

 two hundred and twenty feet and two of one 

 hundred and eighty-four feet. In addition, there 

 were four rows of the Franconia, one hundred 

 and twenty-five feet long, and four of the Hud- 

 son River Antwerp of the same length. The 

 plants of the two last-named varieties were 

 young, and not in full bearing. There were 

 also quite a large number of scattered bushes 

 of the old purple cane variety, but most of 



