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manured each year, the third crop may be as large as the 

 first. 



THE RASPBERRY AND BLACKBERRY. 



Planting and Care. The raspberry and blackberry 

 are delicious fruits. The bushes generally bear prickles, 



and the stems die down to the 

 base each year after fruiting. 

 They are hardy except where 

 winters are very cold. They 

 multiply by suckers that grow 

 from the roots, or by the ends 

 of the branches taking root in 

 the ground. The young plants 

 are usually set about four feet 

 apart in rows seven or eight 



FIG. 87 Eldorado blackberry. f ee ^ apart. They begin tO 



bear fruit the second year after planting. The ground 

 between the plants should be cultivated or mulched. The 

 dead stems that have borne fruit should be cut off and 

 taken out in the fall or early spring, and the young 

 shoots that grow from the base in spring will need thin- 

 ning out after the second year. Only four or five for 

 each plant should be allowed to grow. Where winters 

 are very cold, the stems should be bent down and cov- 

 ered with earth late in autumn. To avoid breaking the 

 stems, a little earth is removed from near their base, so 

 that the strain of bending comes mostly on the roots. 



The raspberry and blackberry are not much troubled 

 by insects. 



