XV. 



RASPBERRIES AND BLACKBERRIES 



THE home garden is not complete unless it 

 contains such small fruits as the raspberry and 

 blackberry. They are second only to the straw- 

 berry in general flavor, and both would be 

 much more extensively grown than they are 

 at present if persons understood how easily 

 they can be managed, and what generous 

 returns they make for the comparatively small 

 amount of care they require. 



The raspberry is much more widely culti- 

 vated than the blackberry, for several reasons : 



1. It is considered hardier. 



2. It yields more bountifully. 



3. It is supposed to require less care. 



The first reason I consider of little account, 

 because both plants must be given some pro- 

 tection in winter, at the north, in order to bring 

 them through safely. And it is just as easy to 

 protect one as the other. 



While it may be true that one gets more 

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