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light and thin soils, and in high and exposed situations, the 

 growth of the suckers is limited, and the fruit scarcely ever 

 attains any size. Nature thus teaches the proper mode which 

 the cultivator should adopt in the growth of the plants; and it 

 should be his object to follow her, rather than to divert and 

 thwart her in the course she has pointed out for us to pursue. 



But how different is the cultivation of the raspberry from 

 what we should infer from nature to be most conducive to its 

 healthy growth. The plants are frequently set out in light 

 and poor soils, crowded together, left untrimmed, choked up 

 with a profuse growth of weak stems, and what little fruit 

 they produce nearly dried up, from the arid situation in which 

 they are placed. On the contrary, in cool, deep, and moist 

 soils, in a sheltered and partially shaded place, the plants 

 throw up suckers to the height of six or eight feet, and pro- 

 duce a profusion of large, handsome, and well flavored berries. 

 So well assured are the most eminent English cultivators of 

 the raspberry, of its love of a cool and moist soil, that some 

 writers have strenuously recommended the use of bog earth 

 and rotten leaves, in the place of the richest loam. We are 

 well assured that the n)any complaints which are made of the 

 meagre produce of many raspberry plantations, may be at- 

 tributed wholly to the light and droughty soils in which they 

 are often planted. 



We would not here omit to mention the production of seed- 

 lings for the purpose of securing new sorts. By hybridization 

 of the kinds, and by selecting the finest and largest fruit, from 

 which to save the seeds, we are certain new and superior va- 

 rieties can be raised. 



To induce cultivators to give more attention to the rasp- 

 berry, is the object of this article; and, to render our infor- 

 mation the more useful, we shall treat of its growth under the 



following heads: — Situation — Soil — Procuring Plants 



Planting out — Winter Treatment — SuiDmer Treatment — 

 Autumnal Dressings — Pruning — General Remarks — and De- 

 scriptions of the different Varieties. 



Situation. — A cool aspect is of material consequence; and 

 to secure this, the north side of a fence or trellis, which will 

 form a screen from the sun, is the most favorable: on the 

 north side of a shrubbery, or row of fruit trees, is also a suit- 

 able place. If neither of these situations are to be had, an 

 open spot in the garden may be chosen, always being careful 

 to avoid the south or east side of a fence. A temporary 



