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finer canos, and the season following a much better 

 crop of fruit than had been seen for years. This 

 suggested a change of treatment. Manure was 

 spread on the surface of the ground, and left there 

 to decay, and for years the plantation was famed 

 for its productiveness. 



It was the custom to sell the fruit after sufficient 

 had been gathered for home use ; and at the price 

 then obtainable, 6d. a quart, the amount realised 

 was at the rate of 50 per acre, seldom less, but 

 generally more. And this, be it remembered, from 

 a once condemned plantation, ruined for a time 

 by erroneous treatment, which is now far from 

 obsolete; restored by a change to more rational 

 methods, founded on the natural habit and character 

 of the plants. 



The Raspberry delights in deep fertile soil, moist, 

 yet not saturated. It is generally found wild not 

 far from water- courses in openings in woods, where 

 there is some shelter from the hot sun, but not 

 dense shade. This suggests its adaptability as an 

 undercrop in young or thin orchards ; though when 

 the soil is rich and deep, so that the roots do not 

 lack moisture, the best crops are obtained in the 

 open, and not under trees. 



It is essentially a surface rooting plant, and the 

 better the fibrous roots are preserved, and the better 



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