Pakt II 



THE BRAMBLES 



CHAPTER II 



THE BED BASPBEBEIES 



In this discussion of the red raspberry, three types 

 of fruits are included,— the foreign or European class, 

 the true American reds, and the hybrid reds or purple- 

 canes. Types of the first class are Antwerp and Fon- 

 tenay, of the second, Cuthbert, of the third, Phila- 

 delphia and Shaffer. 



SOIL 



Like the other members of the bramble family, the 

 red raspberry can be made to succeed on almost any 

 kind of soil, the prime essential being that it shall be 

 well -drained and retentive of moisture. An upland 

 sandy or clay loam is likely to give the best results. 

 The land should be of moderate fertility, rich enough 

 to produce liberal crops of fruit without being so strong 

 as to cause an over -vigorous growth of canes. This 

 over -richness is apt to be the difficulty with bottom 

 lands, or any other low and moist location. Such rapid 



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