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Fig. 293. 



a. Red Antwerp. 6. Fastolff. c. Franconia. 



The most common of the dark-fruited raspberries is the 

 American Black, the red-cane variety which for so many 

 years has been extensively cultivated for the New York mar- 

 ket. It is perfectly hardy, and bears abundant crops of rather 

 small but well-flavored, though not first-class fruit. 



The double-bearing, of which there are several varieties, 

 yield a partial second crop of fruit of middling character late 

 in the fall, just when peaches abound, and are therefore of no 

 special importance. 



The Yellow Antwerp bears a fine, large, thimble-formed 

 berry, and shows well upon the table when mixed with the 

 red, but it also is tender, and has, in common with its inferior 

 varieties, a certain degree of faint sweetness in the flavor that 

 requires mingling with something more acid to make it agree- 

 able. The Orange, which resembles it, is later in ripening, 

 and hardier. 



Raspberries should stand in rows six or eight feet wide, the 

 bushes being from two to four feet apart in the rows, accord- 

 ing to the habit of the kind planted. The soil can scarcely be 

 made too rich and warm for them. 



They require only winter pruning, which consists simply 

 in removing the old dead canes, and shortening the ends of the 

 young shoots, to bring the rampant growers within bounds and 

 strengthen the spring growth, upon which all the fruit is 

 borne. They should be cut back to about four feet high if we 

 desire fine fruit, and, if at all weak, might be pruned still 

 shorter to advantage. 



