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It takes about two years to secure a full crop of raspberries to have 

 the spaces filled up so that the rows are perfect. Mine have been 

 grown in rows six feet apart (I think seven would be better) and 

 the plants set as close as you wish, one or two feet apart, the thicker 

 the plants the sooner will a perfect hedge be found. Some varieties 

 sucker much more freely than others. The Turner will produce a 

 fair crop the second year. 



Some growers advocate hill culture, grown in stools about five feet 

 apart, and run the horse cultivator both ways. I have not 

 practised this method, as I believe the plants stand our winters 

 better in the matted rows, and as the land contains more plants a 

 larger crop is realized. As soon as the young wood is about 

 eighteen or twenty inches long the end is pinched off, and within a 

 few daj's the operation repeated, pruning them three times during 

 the season is generally sufficient. This produces a strong, stocky 

 plant that will stand up against heavy winds, and will bear double 

 the crop of those allowed to grow up in the ordinary way. This 

 pruning should not be neglected, especially the first year, so as to 

 give the plant a strong growth of roots and a good start Too 

 much wood and too much fruit the first bearing year is a great 

 drawback, if you wish to produce long lived stocky 

 plants. After the first crop has been taken off the old 

 wood, the cones that produced the fruit should be cut out 

 as soon as possible, so that the strength of the plant 

 will be given to the growing canes for the future crop the following 

 season. In regard to varieties, there are many fine ones. I do 

 not like the black caps ; they bear abundantly and are firm about 

 marketing, but it is hard work to sell them. They bring a lower 

 price than the red sorts, and are of inferior quality. The Gregg 

 and Mammoth Cluster are probably the best black caps. The 

 Highland Hardy, or Kirtland, is an excellent red sort, and about 

 the earliest with me. The Clark is a fine berry, large, of good 

 flavor, but rather soft. The Herstine is an excellent and very 

 large berry, but I have not found it as productive as some others. 

 The finest of all to my taste is the Brinkle's Orange, a handsome 

 white berry, large but very tender. The above I consider all tender 

 sorts, except the Kirtland, that need protection during the winter. 

 The Turner and Brandywine are hardy sorts that need no covering, 

 and are recognized as standard market berries. The Cuthbert is at 

 present the most popular red sort, large, productive, of excellent 

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