lt)0 FRUIT GARDEN. 



berries are propagated from suckers, which are planted 

 in rows five or six feet apart, and at three feet from 

 each other in the rows. The fruit is produced on small 

 branches which proceed from the shoots of the former 

 year. Every year they throw up a number of shoots or 

 canes from the root, which bear fruit the subsequent 

 year, and then decay. In dressing the plants in winter, 

 all the decayed stalks are cut away, and of the young 

 canes only three or four of the strongest are left, which 

 are shortened about a third. As the stalks are too weak 

 to stand by themselves, they are sometimes connected 

 together by the points in the manner of arches, so as to 

 antagonize and mutually support each other, and some- 

 times they are attached to stakes. " Perhaps the best 

 support is obtained by fastening the points of the shoots 

 to a slight horizontal rail or bar about four feet high, 

 and placed a foot and a half on the south side of the 

 rows. By this means the bearing shoots are djeflected 

 from the perpendicular to the sunny side of the- row, 

 and are not shaded by the annual wood. The ground 

 between the rows should be well digged in winter, and 

 kept clean. Fresh plantations of raspberries should be 

 made every six or seven years. The double-bearing 

 varieties, which continue 'to bear during autumn, re- 

 quire light soils and warm situations. It may be men- 

 tioned that the crop of any of the varieties may be re- 

 tarded by breaking off the points of the bearing shoots 

 at an early period in spring; but, like all other fruits, 

 the flavor of the raspberry is highest when it is allowgd 

 to ripen at its natural season. 



Although several varieties of this fruHare found grow- 

 ing wild in the United States, some of. which are exceed- 



