THE lUSPBERRY 



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and then shipped to market at the earliest possible 

 moment. Tlie prices obtained range from five to twenty 

 cents per pint, according to quality and condition. 



THE BLACKCAP RASPBERRY {RubuS OCCidentolis) 



The blackcap raspberr}^, in its wild state known 

 often as the thimbleberry, differs in the habit of 

 growth, color of 

 fruit and method 

 of propagation very 

 widely from the red 

 raspberry. It grows 

 in hills and throws 

 up no suckers from 

 the lateral roots, 

 but sends up strong 

 shoots from the 

 center of the plant 

 each year, and is 

 propagated by the 

 ends of these canes 

 rooting, under fa- 

 vorable conditions, 

 during the late 

 summer and fall. 

 Figure 76 shows 

 the rooting of 

 blackcap plants. 

 The fruit is black in color, less acid tlian the red 

 varieties, but with larger and perhaps more numerous 

 seeds. It was very popular some ten to fifteen years 

 ago, but now in many markets there is little demand 

 for it. It yields much larger crops than the red varie- 

 ties, and comes to the market following the strawberry 

 and just before the red raspberry. 



Pig. 76— Rooted Tips of Blackcap Canes 



