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to our markets in immense quantities, ami is largely used in 

 the making of raspberry brandy ; is of fine flavour and much 

 esteemed, and is the most productive ; also the White and 

 the Red Antwerp, which are of very large size and high fla- 

 vour of these the White is generally preferred they are 

 both productive and excellent fruits. The American White 

 and American Black are inferior in flavour, but are never- 

 theless esteemed by many persons, particularly the white va- 

 riety. The Twice Bearing, if properly managed, is quite an 

 acquisition. In general, they produce one crop at the usual 

 period, and a less one late in the season, but as a full crop is 

 most desirable, it is said to be best to cut off the whole of the 

 stalks quite to the ground early in the spring, in order to 

 force a strong growth of young wood, which will yield a 

 large quantity of fruit, as it is the wood of the same summer 

 that produces the fall crop. The Red Cretan is a raspberry 

 of delicate flavour ; the Cane is also considerably cultivated, 

 and a number of others ; the Purple Flowering is only use- 

 ful as an ornamental plant, its fruit being of no value. 



Raspberries may be increased by cuttings, layers, or by 

 the young suckers which spring up in numbers from the 

 root ; the latter method is generally considered to produce 

 the strongest and most fruitful. Although this plant is no 

 way difficult as to soil, still it is preferable that this should be 

 fresh and rich, and as it does not flourish for a long period 

 on the same ground, it will be necessary to form new plan- 

 tations every three or four years. The'situation should -be 

 half shady, or in a location not exposed to excessive heat. 

 Every autumn the old wood should be thinned out, and only 

 that which is young and thrifty allowed to remain at the 

 same period some well rotted manure should be dug in 

 around them. 



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This fruit will flourish in all expositions, and in every soil, 

 except one absolutely wet. The plants are generally in- 

 creased by cuttings, with which the same precautions should 

 be used as prescribed for ihose of the gooseberry. In au- 

 tumn the old wood should be trimmed out, and it would be 

 well at the same time to have manure dug in around them. 

 There are a number of varieties, among which are the Com- 

 mon Red and White, the Dutch Red and White, the Cham- 

 pagne, or Transparent Pale Red, Wilmot's Pale Red, 



