X CONTENTS 



CHAPTER IV P^GEs" 



The Blackberries 106-131 



Soil, 106 — Fertilizers, 107— Propagation of the blackberry, 

 108— Planting, 112— Tillage and mulching, 115— Pruning, 

 117— Harvesting and marketing, 119— Uses, 120 — Duration 

 of plantations, 123— Killing the plants, 124— Hardiness, 

 125- Yield, 125- Profits, 127. 



CHAPTER V 



The Dewberries 132-145 



Soil for dewberries, 135— Location, 137— Fertilizers, 138— 

 Propagation, 138-Planting, 139-Tillage, 141-Pruning 

 and training, 141 — Harvesting and marketing, 143— Dur- 

 ation of plantations, 143— Killing out the patch, 144— 

 Hardiness, 144— Yield of dewberries, 145— Probable 

 profits, 145. 



CHAPTER VI 



Miscellaneous Brambles 146-156 



The oriental raspberries, 146 (the mayberry, the strawberry- 

 raspberry, the wineberry, the Chinese raspberry) — Or- 

 namental species, 150 {Stibus odoratus, R. parviflorus, 

 R. cratcegifoluis, R. arctiais, R. phoenicolasms, R. spec- 

 tahilis, R. laciniatus, double white and pink brambles). 



CHAPTER VII 



Varieties of Raspberries 157-218 



(I) Black raspberries, 158— Recommended varieties of black- 

 caps, 176— (II) The purple-cane raspberries, 177— Recom- 

 mended varieties, 184— (III) The American red raspberries, 

 184- History and future of the red raspberries, 186— Varie- 

 ties, 192 — Recommended varieties, 199— (IV) The European 

 red raspberries, 199— Recommended varieties, 212— (V) 

 Unclassified varieties, 212 — Recommended varieties, 218. 



CHAPTER VIII 



Varieties of Blackberries and Dewberries 219-250 



A. The blackberries: History and future of the blackberry, 

 221- (I) The long-cluster blackberries, 226- (II) The 

 short-cluster blackberries, 232— (III) The leafy-cluster 



