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filled with bearing wood; sufficient space being left to ad- 

 mit the sun and a free circulation of air. The largest 

 prize gooseberries are raised on vigorous young bushes, 

 which have not more than five or six branches, and but 

 one, two, or at most three berries on a branch. With no 

 pruning whatever, they bear most abundantly near Boston. 



RASPBERR Y . (Rubus i 



The raspberry is a shrub of low growth ; its leaves are 

 pinnate, and composed of five leaflets ; its flowers in pani- 

 cles ; its root is perennial ; its top generally biennial ; it 

 produces its fruit on the wood of the former year. 



USES. The raspberry is an admired dessert fruit, but 

 sugar improves its flavor, It is fragrant, subacid, cooling, 

 and grateful to the taste, and, like the strawberry, it does 

 not produce acidity on the stomach. The juice ferment- 

 ed with sugar, produces wine, very fragrant, and of the 

 most delicious flavor. It is also used for jams, pies, tarts, 

 sauces, preserves, &c; and, according to Loudon, it is 

 much used for distilling, to make a cordial, spirituous liquor, 

 to which it gives name; and raspberry sirup is next to the 

 strawberry in dissolving the tartar of the teeth. The wine 

 mixed with water, according to Dr. Short, " is a good re- 

 viving draught in ardent fevers," He further recommends 

 it in scorbutic disorders. 



For a choice selection, the following are particularly 

 recommended by different authors. 



1. *RED ANTWERP. 

 Burley Antwerp. 



An excellent and productive fruit, large, and highly es- 

 teemed near Boston. The branches must be bent down in 

 autumn, and protected with soil during winter. 



2. *WHITE ANTWERP. 

 Yellow Antwerp. 



The fruit is large and fine; highly esteemed near Boston, 

 and very productive ; like the red, it requires protection in 

 winter. 



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