THK VINEYARD AND SMAI,L FRUITS. 3 II 



liberally. Ground bone is a specific fertilizer for the 

 raspberry. Keep the soil loose and free of weeds 

 throughout the season, cutting down the suckers with 

 a hoe or cultivator, and leaving only three or four 

 canes to a hill or single row for fruiting. Aim to 

 plant an assortment, so as to lengthen the fruiting sea- 

 son. The red varieties should be planted for field cul- 

 ture in rows six feet apart and the plants three feet 

 distant in rows, thus requiring 2,400 plants to the 

 acre, or four feet each way if to be cultivated in hills, 

 requiring 2,700 plants to -the acre. It is best to place 

 two plants in each hill, taking, of course, double the 

 number. In garden culture plant three feet apart each 

 way and restri(5l to hills. As soon as planted cut back 

 the canes to within a few inches of the ground, and 

 plants set in autumn should have the soil mounded up 

 over them to protect them from frequent freezing and 

 thawing. In spring the earth should be leveled down 

 again. In pruning the bearing canes cut them back 

 one-half their length on an average, but all of the same 

 hight from the ground. The red raspberry requires a 

 good deal of moisture, and if planted in shady places 

 irrigation need not be so frequent as when occupying 

 dry positions. Raspberries can be planted between the 

 rows in an apple orchard, and in this way they would 

 necessarily receive the same amount of irrigation and 

 cultivation. It is quite essential to irrigate raspberries 

 as soon as the canes are planted, and if an even mois- 

 ture is kept in the soil throughout the growing season 

 the plants will continue to thrive. It is not advisable 

 to irrigate during the week of blossoming, and water 

 must be withheld after the first of September. We 



