46 GARDENING 



The time for planting is from October to the middle 

 of February, and in November these young plants 

 should be pruned. 



Raspberries love warmth and sunshine. When 

 pruning the canes, they should not be cut off straight 

 at the top, but prune them to various heights and 

 so avoid a crowded cluster of fruit and foliage 

 among which neither sun nor air can penetrate. 



Raspberries are not prone to disease or enemies, 

 their chief foe being the birds, from which they 

 should be protected when the fruit is ripening. 



The best varieties are Red Antwerp ; the Fastolf, 

 large, red and excellent ; the Vice-President French, 

 very rich flavour ; Belle de Fontenay ; Hornet ; Nor- 

 wich Wonder, large and sweet ; Semper Fidelis, for 

 preserving, the largest, and very prolific ; Super- 

 lative Northumberland Fillbasket, very fine ; Sweet 

 Yellow Antwerp ; Yellow Globe, for dessert ; 

 Merveille des Quatre Saisons (jaune) ; White 

 Antwerp, a late kind and excellent flavour. 



RECIPES 

 Chartreuse of Raspberries 



Pick the stalks from two quarts of raspberries, and put 

 the fruit into a basin with half a pint of cold water and 

 three-quarters of a pound of castor sugar. Bruise all well 

 together, and pour the whole into a jelly bag, and filter it 

 through once or twice ; then add a tablespoonful of brandy 

 and two ounces of isinglass which has been clarified ; a 

 lump of sugar is then added, and a teaspoonful of lemon- 

 juice. Remove the scum as it rises. Pour a little of 

 the jelly into an open mould : when it has set, arrange 

 some raspberries round the edge of the mould, and pour in 



