222 PREPARING FOR WINTER QUARTERS. 



them down and cover with earth the same as the 

 Antwerps. In the winter of '71-2 even the 

 Philadelphias were badly killed, and it is my 

 custom to bury this variety also. Last summer 

 I visited a gentleman who had ten times as much 

 ground in the Clark and Philadelphia varieties 

 as I had, but my crop was ten times as large, I 

 should think. Simply because my vines had 

 been buried. Ten or twenty dollars spent in 

 covering his vines would have given him five 

 hundred dollars more in fruit. 



In setting out your plants, cut them back to 

 about six inches, so that all the strength of the 

 root may go in producing new growth. Far 

 more is lost than is gained by trying to get a 

 crop the first year. 



Blackberries may now be set out also. Their 

 stronger habit of growth requires more space 

 than raspberries, and, therefore, the rows should 

 be at least six feet apart, and the plants stand 



