eight] strawberries AND THEIR KIN 



the intermediate poles, and then draw your new 

 canes up between the wires, where they will be held 

 firm, and not broken down by winter snow. You 

 are ready next for clipping the tops of the canes — 

 down to about four or five feet. You are now pre- 

 pared for winter — unless your land lies so that fall 

 plowing will be advisable. On hillsides, of course, 

 you will not do fall plowing, for you will suffer too 

 great loss by wash of winter and spring floods. If 

 the ground lie level, by all means plow in October, 

 throwing the dirt toward the plants. 



In the spring you will begin again with your 

 plow, thoroughly working the soil and then run- 

 ning your cultivator to level it. After this you will 

 run the cultivator until close after picking season. 

 However small your berry lot, I advise you to work 

 it with plow and cultivator. The cultivator is of 

 more value than all irrigating systems. It is even 

 better than frequent showers. Keep it running, 

 wherever you can, all summer. 



The best varieties of red raspberries for planting, 

 either in large fields or in small, are the Cuthbert 

 and Golden Queen, and Shaffer's Colossal. The 

 Cuthbert made a revolution in raspberry growing, 

 making it possible to grow three times as many 



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