RASPBERRIES. 185 



and in our garden, where birds abound, raspberries come up all over 

 the place. Particular varieties are propagated by suckers. The canes 

 which have fruited are cut down in autumn, and two or three of 

 the year's growth are left to fruit the next year. Sometimes we 

 have tied these canes to sticks, and at other times we have tied 

 them to wires stretching between posts. There is an autumnal 



FIG. 355. Falstaff Red Raspberry. FIG. 356. Yellow Autumn Raspberry. 



raspberry (fig. 356) which some years, though not invariably, gives us 

 fruit as late as November. A dish of the autumn raspberries is 

 particularly grateful and refreshing ; but I never could find out how 

 to manage it so as to be sure of fruit. The autumn raspberries are 

 both yellow and red : I have figured the yellow. 



We have Rivers' cross between the Blackberry and Raspberry, 

 but it very seldom sets any fruit : I have only had a few berries, 

 which are of a dark colour and fair flavour, but not so good as either 

 the Blackberry or Raspberry. Its want of productiveness makes it 

 useless at present ; nevertheless the experiment is quite worth further 

 trial. He has raised other varieties also, which are stated to be better ; 

 of these I have one or two which have not yet fruited. 



The Raspberry is of great value in a household, and therefore 

 should be always freely grown. It grows wild plentifully near 

 Weybridge, but not so profusely as it does in Scotland, where it is 

 more common than the Blackberry. 



GRAPE VINES. 



At various times I have grown at my garden many kinds of 

 grapes, but for want of space the number has been gradually limited 

 to a few. The varieties in cultivation are innumerable, and a 



