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ated or propagated by the young suckers or shoots 

 thai spring up abundantly in spring or summer from 

 the roots of the older plants. They can also be 

 raised from the seed, and will bear the second year; 

 while suckers of one year's growth, detached and 

 transplanted in spring or autumn, will bear some 

 fi-uit the first year. The best of the wild varieties 

 are the Red and Black Raspberry, Blackberry, and 

 Virginia Raspberry ; and, of the great number of 

 cultivated kinds, the most esteemed are the small 

 and large White, Red Antwerp, Large YeUow An- 

 twerp, Brentford White, Twice-bearing Red, &c., &c. 



Raspberry-beds are the most productive about the 

 fourth year ; and, when properly taken care of, the 

 ground loosened and the dead wood cut out, will 

 continue to bear well for five or six years, when, if 

 they exhibit symptoms of failure, they may be re- 

 placed by new shoots. Vigorous shoots from stems 

 in full bearing are to be preferred. The Raspberry, 

 in ordinary gardens, succeeds well in single rows or 

 in a hedge form ; and a selection of the most shady, 

 as well as the most sunny part of the garden, will 

 give a succession of fruit for a long time. All 

 weeds and superfluous suckers must be carefuUy 

 eradicated, except such suckers as may be wanted 

 lo form new beds or hedges, or to continue the old. 

 Vines that grow too long will produce more, and 

 finer fruit, if properly trimmed ; and, to have them 

 vigorous and good bearers, rotten manure or com- 

 post should be forked in around the roots of the 

 plants. 



The Raspberry is much esteemed for sweetmeats, 

 jams, tarts, and sauces. It is also very delicious 

 served up with cream and sugar, and is grateful to 

 most palates. Like the Strawberry, it is a fruit con- 

 ducive to health, as the acetous fermentation it un- 

 dergoes in the stomach is very shght ; and, conse- 

 quently, it is adapted to persons troubled with rheu- 

 matism or gout. A row of a few rods in length 

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