518 THE FRUIT-GARDEN. [OCT. 



The smooth cane double-bearing raspberry, is cultivated in some 

 places, as it produces one crop of fruit in June, and another in 

 October ; but the fruit are few and small, which has occasioned its 

 being neglected. 



Of the Rubus occidentalism or American raspberry, we have two 

 varieties, the black fruited ; and the red fruited ; the latter is prefera- 

 ble in taste and flavour to the black variety. 



Raspberries do not thrive well under the shade of trees, nor in 

 such situations are their fruit well flavoured ; therefore, they should 

 be planted in a detached airy piece of ground, naturally good, or 

 artificially made so. As to the choice of plants and method of 

 planting them, I refer you to page 214. 



Such as you plant between the middle and latter end of this 

 month, will make new roots before winter, and produce some good 

 fruit next season ; but in the year following, they will bear plenti- 

 fully. 



Dressing and Pruning Raspberries. 



When your new plantations are finished, and all the stout, strag- 

 gling suckers, taken away for that purpose, dig the ground of the 

 old standing plantations carefully, clearing out by the roots, the 

 remaining useless and scattered suckers, leaving an ample supply of 

 the best shoots for pruning. 



In .the middle and eastern states, I would not recommend the 

 pruning of raspberries before spring ; for by deferring that work 

 to the latter end of February, or beginning of March, there will be 

 a greater chance of the shoots not being injured by frost ; and 

 moreover, you can then make choice of such as received the least 

 injury. But in the southern states they may be pruned now with 

 safety ; for the method see page 131. 



It is necessary to observe that the shoots which had borne fruit * 

 last summer, must be cut down to the ground either now or in the 

 spring, as they will never bear again ; and that it is from the shoots 

 of the present season, immediately rising from the roots, that 

 you are to expect fruit in the ensuing year. 



The Antwerp raspberries being somewhat more tender and sub- 

 ject to be injured by frost than the common kinds, it will be of con- 

 siderable advantage to protect them therefrom, in the manner di- 

 rected next month. 



Propagating Fruit-trees by Layers and Suckers. 



The young shoots of mulberries, figs, filberts, codlins, vines, &c. 

 may now be laid in the earth, as directed in page 279, and they will 

 be all well rooted by this time twelve months. 



Suckers may be taken off and planted from codlins, berberries, 

 filberts, 8cc. digging them up with good roots to each, and planting 

 the largest, at once, where they are to remain, and the rest into 

 nursery-rows. 



