FRUITS 



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boiled rapidly until soft enough for a skewer to pierce them, 

 which should be in ninety minutes' time. Take out the quinces 

 carefully and lay them on dishes to cool. Run the syrup 

 through a jelly bag and put it back in the preserving pan, 

 and boil very quickly until it will jelly when dropped on a 

 plate. Put the quinces in the boiling syrup and let them 

 simmer for ten minutes. Place each quince carefully in a 

 wide-necked jar, pour the hot syrup over them, and when 

 cold cover in the usual way. 



RASPBERRIES 



Raspberry canes do best on strong land, 

 moderately heavy and moist and in a sunny 

 position ; with proper treatment they grow well and 

 bear fair crops on light ground, but the fruit is 

 always more or less scanty and in dry seasons there 

 will be none. 



The canes, or stools, should be planted in rows 

 four feet asunder and two-and-a-half feet apart in 

 the rows. The ground should never be disturbed 

 to any great extent, and weeds are in all cases best 

 removed by the hand. In dry seasons they should 

 be heavily mulched with manure before the soil 

 parts, with all its moisture, and when the fruit is just 

 beginning to swell off. 



The old canes should be cut away as soon as 

 they have dene fruiting, and then the young ones 

 thinned out (of the year's growth only), not more 

 than five to each root. 



The young shoots should be tied up to wires 

 stretched tightly along the rows and supported by 

 means of stout stakes. Where new plantations are 

 required the suckers are drawn from the roots of 

 the old canes by the hand, with a ball of earth. 



