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able soil ; requiring comparatively little labor to prune and keep the 

 plant in order; always meeting ready sale, at fair prices, it is sur- 

 prising that more attention has not been given tlie culture of the 

 raspberry by orchardists and farmers. The '' Red Antwerp," which 

 is mostly grown for the New York market by cultivators on the 

 Hudson river, is stated to have produced 3.300 baskets, of one pint 

 each, from three-fourths of an acre ; and '^^1,500 has been realized, 

 in a single season, from sale of product of three acres. A plantation 

 of raspberries will be in perfection the third year, and continue pro- 

 fitable five or six years, when it is best to form a new one on a fresh 

 piece of ground. 



A2itum7i Fruiting. Any variety may be caused to mature its 

 fruit in the Autumn, by cutting away all shoots in Spring, and stop- 

 ping in the young shoots about midsummer. It is, however, an 

 unprofitable course, as the plant is unfitted for another season's 

 fruiting, except in the same way, and the yield is only about one- 

 half. 



Classification and Varieties. We have made but two classes of 

 the raspberry, from the great difficulty of selecting those only for a 

 first class, which would bear the mark of worthy general culture. 

 Heretofore, the Red and Yellow Antwerps have always been re- 

 garded as finest for the dessert ; but, since the introduction of the 

 Fastolf and the Orange, they have by very many been regarded 

 as suroassed in delicacy. 



CLASS I. Most generally esteemed. 

 American Black. 



Thimblebeny, 1 Common Black Cup, ] Black Easpbeny. 



This is to be found common around old stumps and in fence-corners in 

 the country. Cultivated in deep, loamy soil, in the garden, it increases 

 in size nearly one-fourth : and ripening very'late, will always be profitable 

 for market. For making jam, flavoring puddings, etc., it is preferred to the 

 more delicate kinds. Shoots, long, rambling, recurved. Berries^ dark 

 purple, nearly black, round flattened. 



American Red. 



Common Eed, | English Eed, of some. 

 Well known. Shoots, upright, light brown. Fruit, medium, roundish^ 

 light red, sub-acid. Early. 



Belle de Fontenay. 



A dwarf-growing variety, with large and deep green leaves ; bears large 

 fruit all the Autumn, of good flavor, but requires warm soil and exposure. 

 Hort.) 



Catawissa. 



American. From Columbia Co., Pa. Fruit, medium, dark reddish 

 purple, producing abundantly on the young wood, and commencing to ripen 

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