THE RASPBERRY. I2/ 



all the care it requires in the regions where it will 

 grow; while the Franconia and others should 

 never be permitted to die out by fruit connoi- 

 seurs. If the soil of your garden is light and 

 sandy, or if you live much south of New York, I 

 should not advise their trial. They may be grown 

 far to the north, however. I am told that tender 

 varieties of fruits that can be covered thrive even 

 better in Canada than with us. There deep snow 

 protects the land, and in spring and autumn they 

 do not have long periods when the bare earth is 

 alternately freezing and thawing. 



In the second class of raspberries, the crosses 

 between the foreign and native species, we now 

 have such fii\e varieties that no one has much 

 cause for regret if he can raise them; and I 

 scarcely see how he can help raising them if he 

 has sufficient energy to set out a few plants and 

 keep them free from weeds and superabundant 

 suckers. Take the Cuthbert, for instance; you 

 may set it out almost anywhere, and in almost 

 any latitude except that of the extreme Southern 

 States. But you must reverse the conditions re- 

 quired for the foreign kinds. If the ground is 

 very rich, the canes will threaten to grow out of 

 sight. I advise that this strong-growing sort be 

 planted in rows five feet apart. Any ordinary soil 

 is good enough for the Cuthbert to start in, and 



