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increased more rapidly by disturbing" or cutting the 

 roots and by means of root cuttings, in exactly the 

 same manner as described for blackberries. As else- 

 where stated, care should be exercised in taking up 

 the plants for setting. They should always be lifted 

 by thrusting some tool beneath the roots and loosening 

 the earth above. They should never be pulled up 

 directly, for this is altogether likely to break the shoot 

 from the root from which it sprang, leaving only a 

 straight stem, with very few fibrous roots on it, from 

 which to develop the root system of the young plant. 

 In this instance, as in every other, good results are to 

 be expected only when the operator informs himself as 

 to methods, and then does the best he knows how. 



PLANTING 



Most of the directions given for planting the black- 

 berry will apply equally well to the red raspberry, and 

 like that, it is adapted to either spring or fall planting. 

 The chief difference between the two, so far as plant- 

 ing is concerned, is that the red raspberry requires less 

 room. About the same arguments will apply in both 

 cases in regard to the time of planting and to the 

 method, whether in hills or check rows. If in rows, 

 the usual distance is six feet apart and about three feet 

 in the row. The young plants will very soon fill in 

 the intervening spaces, making a solid row unless cut 

 down. Just this fact, moreover, is a very good argu- 

 ment in favor of hill planting. So many suckers are 

 thrown up that the hedge gets denser and broader 



